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$129.29 +5.33 (+4.30%)
Closing price 02/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$129.35 +0.06 (+0.05%)
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JJSF vs. SFD, POST, LANC, CALM, FLO, TR, THS, JBSS, SENEA, 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 Smithfield Foods (SFD), Post (POST), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Flowers Foods (FLO), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), TreeHouse Foods (THS), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), 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 Smithfield Foods (NASDAQ:SFD) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

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 Foods5.31% 9.84% 6.81%
Smithfield Foods N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Smithfield Foods had 2 more articles in the media than J&J Snack Foods. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Smithfield Foods and 7 mentions for J&J Snack Foods. Smithfield Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat J&J Snack Foods' score of 0.10 indicating that Smithfield Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
J&J Snack Foods
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Smithfield Foods
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

76.0% of J&J Snack Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 21.8% of J&J Snack Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Smithfield Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

J&J Snack Foods received 120 more outperform votes than Smithfield Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.52% of users gave Smithfield Foods an outperform vote while only 58.59% of users gave J&J Snack Foods an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
J&J Snack FoodsOutperform Votes
307
58.59%
Underperform Votes
217
41.41%
Smithfield FoodsOutperform Votes
187
60.52%
Underperform Votes
122
39.48%

J&J Snack Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Smithfield Foods.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
J&J Snack Foods$1.59B1.59$86.55M$4.3429.79
Smithfield FoodsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

J&J Snack Foods currently has a consensus price target of $167.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.55%. 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 Smithfield 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)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

J&J Snack Foods beats Smithfield Foods on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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JJSF vs. The Competition

MetricJ&J Snack FoodsCookies & crackers IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.52B$2.52B$16.93B$8.95B
Dividend Yield2.50%2.50%2.90%3.85%
P/E Ratio29.7929.7916.1618.81
Price / Sales1.591.593.8276.66
Price / Cash14.5614.5616.7237.47
Price / Book2.662.666.914.64
Net Income$86.55M$86.55M$734.56M$245.69M
7 Day Performance3.56%3.56%-0.32%-2.63%
1 Month Performance-9.76%-9.76%0.25%-2.37%
1 Year Performance-11.21%-11.21%10.10%13.64%

J&J Snack Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JJSF
J&J Snack Foods
4.0123 of 5 stars
$129.29
+4.3%
$167.50
+29.6%
-11.2%$2.52B$1.59B29.795,000Analyst Forecast
SFD
Smithfield Foods
N/A$21.23
+0.2%
N/AN/A$8.35B$14.19B0.0036,389Insider Trade
POST
Post
3.4771 of 5 stars
$111.45
-1.4%
$127.17
+14.1%
+9.9%$6.48B$7.92B18.3611,480
LANC
Lancaster Colony
4.2401 of 5 stars
$188.63
-2.7%
$211.33
+12.0%
+1.0%$5.20B$1.87B33.153,400Insider Trade
Positive News
CALM
Cal-Maine Foods
3.5426 of 5 stars
$95.10
-12.4%
$67.00
-29.5%
+58.8%$4.66B$2.33B7.403,067High Trading Volume
FLO
Flowers Foods
4.2314 of 5 stars
$18.53
-1.4%
$21.00
+13.4%
-15.3%$3.90B$5.09B16.259,300Dividend Announcement
TR
Tootsie Roll Industries
1.1241 of 5 stars
$30.82
-1.0%
N/A+0.8%$2.20B$763.25M23.562,300Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Positive News
THS
TreeHouse Foods
3.6239 of 5 stars
$33.22
-0.1%
$35.40
+6.6%
-16.8%$1.70B$3.43B-70.677,400Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
JBSS
John B. Sanfilippo & Son
1.5238 of 5 stars
$72.41
-0.2%
N/A-26.6%$842.85M$1.07B17.361,800
SENEA
Seneca Foods
2.4206 of 5 stars
$81.05
+1.0%
N/A+73.4%$558.43M$1.46B14.792,900News Coverage
Positive News
BGS
B&G Foods
2.5301 of 5 stars
$6.05
-0.9%
$8.30
+37.1%
-30.8%$479.24M$2.06B-17.812,912

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This page (NASDAQ:JJSF) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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