J&J Snack Foods (JJSF) Competitors

Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) and J&J Snack Foods (NASDAQ:JJSF) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CAG or JJSF?

83.8% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.0% of J&J Snack Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of J&J Snack Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAG or JJSF?

Conagra Brands received 289 more outperform votes than J&J Snack Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.62% of users gave J&J Snack Foods an outperform vote while only 58.56% of users gave Conagra Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Conagra Brands	Outperform Votes 595 58.56%	Underperform Votes 421 41.44%
J&J Snack Foods	Outperform Votes 306 58.62%	Underperform Votes 216 41.38%

Does the media prefer CAG or JJSF?

In the previous week, J&J Snack Foods had 2 more articles in the media than Conagra Brands. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for J&J Snack Foods and 14 mentions for Conagra Brands. Conagra Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat J&J Snack Foods' score of 0.43 indicating that Conagra Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Conagra Brands	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
J&J Snack Foods	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate CAG or JJSF?

Conagra Brands presently has a consensus price target of $31.63, indicating a potential upside of 16.61%. J&J Snack Foods has a consensus price target of $200.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.17%. Given J&J Snack Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe J&J Snack Foods is more favorable than Conagra Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Conagra Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
J&J Snack Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CAG or JJSF more profitable?

J&J Snack Foods has a net margin of 5.50% compared to Conagra Brands' net margin of 4.14%. Conagra Brands' return on equity of 13.71% beat J&J Snack Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Conagra Brands	4.14%	13.71%	5.65%
J&J Snack Foods	5.50%	10.32%	7.15%

Is CAG or JJSF a better dividend stock?

Conagra Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. J&J Snack Foods pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Conagra Brands pays out 135.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. J&J Snack Foods pays out 70.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J&J Snack Foods has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CAG or JJSF?

Conagra Brands has higher revenue and earnings than J&J Snack Foods. Conagra Brands 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Conagra Brands	$12.05B	1.07	$347.20M	$1.03	26.33
J&J Snack Foods	$1.57B	2.04	$86.55M	$4.45	37.09

Which has more volatility and risk, CAG or JJSF?

Conagra Brands has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J&J Snack Foods has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

J&J Snack Foods beats Conagra Brands on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.