JBSS vs. TR, JJSF, THS, SENEA, CVGW, LWAY, BGS, HAIN, FARM, and MDLZ
Should you be buying John B. Sanfilippo & Son stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John B. Sanfilippo & Son include Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), J & J Snack Foods (JJSF), TreeHouse Foods (THS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), Calavo Growers (CVGW), Lifeway Foods (LWAY), B&G Foods (BGS), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Farmer Brothers (FARM), and Mondelez International (MDLZ). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son vs. Its Competitors
John B. Sanfilippo & Son (NASDAQ:JBSS) and Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Tootsie Roll Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. John B. Sanfilippo & Son pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tootsie Roll Industries pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. John B. Sanfilippo & Son has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Tootsie Roll Industries has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. John B. Sanfilippo & Son is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, John B. Sanfilippo & Son had 1 more articles in the media than Tootsie Roll Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for John B. Sanfilippo & Son and 4 mentions for Tootsie Roll Industries. Tootsie Roll Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat John B. Sanfilippo & Son's score of 0.37 indicating that Tootsie Roll Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tootsie Roll Industries has a net margin of 12.53% compared to John B. Sanfilippo & Son's net margin of 5.00%. John B. Sanfilippo & Son's return on equity of 16.98% beat Tootsie Roll Industries' return on equity.
Tootsie Roll Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than John B. Sanfilippo & Son. John B. Sanfilippo & Son is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tootsie Roll Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
70.6% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.9% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
John B. Sanfilippo & Son beats Tootsie Roll Industries on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:JBSS) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
