JJSF vs. SJM, PPC, POST, CALM, LANC, FLO, TR, THS, JBSS, and BGS
Should you be buying J&J Snack Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J&J Snack Foods include J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Post (POST), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Flowers Foods (FLO), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), TreeHouse Foods (THS), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), and B&G Foods (BGS). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
J&J Snack Foods vs.
J&J Snack Foods (NASDAQ:JJSF) and J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.
J. M. Smucker has a net margin of 5.96% compared to J&J Snack Foods' net margin of 5.50%. J. M. Smucker's return on equity of 14.35% beat J&J Snack Foods' return on equity.
In the previous week, J. M. Smucker had 5 more articles in the media than J&J Snack Foods. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for J. M. Smucker and 3 mentions for J&J Snack Foods. J. M. Smucker's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat J&J Snack Foods' score of 0.76 indicating that J. M. Smucker is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
J. M. Smucker has higher revenue and earnings than J&J Snack Foods. J. M. Smucker 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 beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
J. M. Smucker received 382 more outperform votes than J&J Snack Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.26% of users gave J. M. Smucker an outperform vote while only 58.62% of users gave J&J Snack Foods an outperform vote.
76.0% of J&J Snack Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of J. M. Smucker shares are held by institutional investors. 21.8% of J&J Snack Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of J. M. Smucker shares are held by 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.
J&J Snack Foods pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. J. M. Smucker pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. J&J Snack Foods pays out 70.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J. M. Smucker pays out 87.4% 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 has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and J. M. Smucker has raised its dividend for 27 consecutive years. J. M. Smucker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
J&J Snack Foods presently has a consensus price target of $200.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.91%. J. M. Smucker has a consensus price target of $127.33, indicating a potential upside of 24.64%. Given J&J Snack Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe J&J Snack Foods is more favorable than J. M. Smucker.
Summary
J. M. Smucker beats J&J Snack Foods on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:JJSF) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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