J&J Snack Foods (JJSF) Competitors

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

Is JJSF or SFD more profitable?

J&J Snack Foods has a net margin of 5.31% compared to Smithfield Foods' net margin of 0.00%. J&J Snack Foods' return on equity of 9.84% beat Smithfield Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
J&J Snack Foods	5.31%	9.84%	6.81%
Smithfield Foods	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor JJSF or SFD?

In the previous week, Smithfield Foods had 24 more articles in the media than J&J Snack Foods. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Smithfield Foods and 4 mentions for J&J Snack Foods. J&J Snack Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Smithfield Foods' score of 0.32 indicating that J&J Snack Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
J&J Snack Foods	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Smithfield Foods	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JJSF or SFD?

J&J Snack Foods received 111 more outperform votes than Smithfield Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.44% of users gave Smithfield Foods an outperform vote while only 58.59% of users gave J&J Snack Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
J&J Snack Foods	Outperform Votes 307 58.59%	Underperform Votes 217 41.41%
Smithfield Foods	Outperform Votes 196 61.44%	Underperform Votes 123 38.56%

Do analysts prefer JJSF or SFD?

J&J Snack Foods presently has a consensus price target of $167.50, suggesting a potential upside of 31.95%. Smithfield Foods has a consensus price target of $27.86, suggesting a potential upside of 45.54%. Given Smithfield Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Smithfield Foods is more favorable than J&J Snack Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
J&J Snack Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Smithfield Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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

76.0% of J&J Snack Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.8% of J&J Snack Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Smithfield 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, JJSF or SFD?

J&J Snack Foods has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Smithfield Foods.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
J&J Snack Foods	$1.59B	1.56	$86.55M	$4.34	29.25
Smithfield Foods	$14.19B	0.53	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

J&J Snack Foods beats Smithfield Foods on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.