2014 a tough year for Dean Foods

High milk prices took a toll on Dean Foods’ bottom line in 2014, according to the company’s fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 financial reports. With milk prices headed lower, 2015 should show improvement for the company’s stockholders.

#Milk prices face 'noticeable drop' as output gains

Milk prices are poised for a retreat of some 15% by the end of the year, undermined by a «significant supply response» to high values, Dean Foods said, even as it blamed record raw material prices for a cut to profit hopes.

Dean #Foods Is Going Sour

Dean Foods missed analyst earnings estimates by a single penny recently, which ordinarily I wouldn’t make much of a big deal over. In fact, the 8% sell-off the next day probably had more to do with the company’s painfully bleak outlook, in which management highlighted several factors that will slow business performance, leading to full-year […]

Dean Foods warns #milk prices are headed even higher

Dean Foods Co. DF -0.64% shares took a beating early Tuesday, falling nearly 10% on a rough fourth-quarter report. Not that the country’s biggest milk processor and distributor didn’t hit Wall Street’s numbers. It did.