JBSS vs. JJSF, TR, THS, SENEA, BGS, CVGW, LWAY, 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 J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), TreeHouse Foods (THS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), B&G Foods (BGS), Calavo Growers (CVGW), Lifeway Foods (LWAY), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Farmer Bros. (FARM), and Mondelez International (MDLZ). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son vs.
J&J Snack Foods (NASDAQ:JJSF) and John B. Sanfilippo & Son (NASDAQ:JBSS) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
76.0% of J&J Snack Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.8% of J&J Snack Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
J&J Snack Foods has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John B. Sanfilippo & Son has a beta of 0.02, suggesting that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.
J&J Snack Foods has higher revenue and earnings than John B. Sanfilippo & Son. John B. Sanfilippo & Son is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J&J Snack Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
J&J Snack Foods has a net margin of 5.31% compared to John B. Sanfilippo & Son's net margin of 4.36%. John B. Sanfilippo & Son's return on equity of 15.22% beat J&J Snack Foods' return on equity.
J&J Snack Foods received 149 more outperform votes than John B. Sanfilippo & Son when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.71% of users gave John B. Sanfilippo & Son an outperform vote while only 58.59% of users gave J&J Snack Foods an outperform vote.
In the previous week, John B. Sanfilippo & Son had 2 more articles in the media than J&J Snack Foods. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for John B. Sanfilippo & Son and 3 mentions for J&J Snack Foods. J&J Snack Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat John B. Sanfilippo & Son's score of 1.70 indicating that J&J Snack Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
J&J Snack Foods currently has a consensus target price of $167.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.64%. Given J&J Snack Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe J&J Snack Foods is more favorable than John B. Sanfilippo & Son.
J&J Snack Foods pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. John B. Sanfilippo & Son pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. J&J Snack Foods pays out 71.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. John B. Sanfilippo & Son pays out 20.4% 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. J&J Snack Foods has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. J&J Snack Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
J&J Snack Foods beats John B. Sanfilippo & Son on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:JBSS) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
