Credit Suisse Upgrades Dean Foods (DF) to Outperform

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Fitch Revises Outlook on Dean Foods (DF) to Negative

August 12, 2014 2:30 PM EDT

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the following ratings of Dean Foods (NYSE: DF) and Dean Holding Co.:

Dean Foods Company (Parent)
--Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BB-';
--Secured bank credit facility at 'BB+';
--Senior unsecured notes at 'BB-'.

Dean Holding Company (Operating Subsidiary)
--Long-term IDR at 'BB-';
--Senior unsecured notes at 'BB-'.

The Rating Outlook is revised to Negative from Stable.

KEY RATING DRIVERS:

Negative Outlook Reflects High Near Term Leverage and Negative FCF: The Negative Outlook reflects Dean's recently... More

Deutsche Bank Comments on Dean Foods (DF) Following Q2 Results

August 11, 2014 1:05 PM EDT

Deutsche Bank maintained a Hold rating on Dean Foods (NYSE: DF) with a price target of $14.00 (from $15.00). Comments follow soft Q2 results. Analyst Eric Katzman said he was staying on the sidelines.

"Given weak category volume and high milk cost, Dean reported poor 2Q14 results while withdrawing full year... More

Dean Foods Co. (DF) Misses Q2 EPS by 8c; Expects Q3 Loss

August 11, 2014 8:01 AM EDT

Dean Foods Co. (NYSE: DF) reported Q2 EPS of ($0.14), $0.08 worse than the analyst estimate of ($0.06). Revenue for the quarter came in at $2.4 billion versus the consensus estimate of $2.32 billion.

Dean Foods Co. sees Q3 2014 EPS of ($0.15)-($0.05), versus the consensus of $0.26.

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