JJSF vs. MED, POST, CALM, LANC, FLO, TR, THS, JBSS, SENEA, and CVGW
Should you be buying J & J Snack Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J & J Snack Foods include Medifast (MED), Post (POST), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Flowers Foods (FLO), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), TreeHouse Foods (THS), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), and Calavo Growers (CVGW).
J & J Snack Foods vs. Its Competitors
Medifast (NYSE:MED) 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 dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and profitability.
Medifast currently has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.09%. J & J Snack Foods has a consensus target price of $142.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.55%. Given J & J Snack Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe J & J Snack Foods is more favorable than Medifast.
95.5% of Medifast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.0% of J & J Snack Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Medifast shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of J & J Snack Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
J & J Snack Foods has a net margin of 4.79% compared to Medifast's net margin of -1.29%. J & J Snack Foods' return on equity of 8.78% beat Medifast's return on equity.
Medifast has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J & J Snack Foods has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, J & J Snack Foods had 3 more articles in the media than Medifast. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for J & J Snack Foods and 1 mentions for Medifast. Medifast's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat J & J Snack Foods' score of 0.47 indicating that Medifast is being referred to more favorably in the media.
J & J Snack Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Medifast. Medifast 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.
Summary
J & J Snack Foods beats Medifast on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:JJSF) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
