J&J Snack Foods (JJSF) Competitors $132.94 -3.85 (-2.81%) Closing price 04/15/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$132.92 -0.02 (-0.02%) As of 04/15/2025 04:20 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock JJSF vs. SFD, POST, LANC, CALM, FLO, TR, THS, JBSS, SENEA, and BGSShould 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. Smithfield Foods Post Lancaster Colony Cal-Maine Foods Flowers Foods Tootsie Roll Industries TreeHouse Foods John B. Sanfilippo & Son Seneca Foods B&G Foods Smithfield Foods (NASDAQ:SFD) and J&J Snack Foods (NASDAQ:JJSF) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment. Does the media prefer SFD or JJSF? In the previous week, J&J Snack Foods had 1 more articles in the media than Smithfield Foods. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for J&J Snack Foods and 4 mentions for Smithfield Foods. J&J Snack Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Smithfield Foods' score of 0.65 indicating that J&J Snack Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Smithfield Foods 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive J&J Snack Foods 2 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SFD or JJSF? 76.0% of J&J Snack Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Smithfield Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of J&J Snack Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SFD or JJSF? Smithfield Foods has higher revenue and earnings than J&J Snack Foods. Smithfield Foods 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSmithfield Foods$14.14B0.55$892.37M$2.278.77J&J Snack Foods$1.59B1.63$86.55M$4.3430.63 Is SFD or JJSF 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 Smithfield FoodsN/A N/A N/A J&J Snack Foods 5.31%9.84%6.81% Is SFD or JJSF a better dividend stock? Smithfield Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. J&J Snack Foods pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Smithfield Foods pays out 44.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J&J Snack Foods pays out 71.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. J&J Snack Foods has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Smithfield Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Do analysts rate SFD or JJSF? Smithfield Foods presently has a consensus target price of $27.86, indicating a potential upside of 39.99%. J&J Snack Foods has a consensus target price of $167.50, indicating a potential upside of 26.00%. Given Smithfield Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Smithfield Foods is more favorable than J&J Snack Foods.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Smithfield Foods 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00J&J Snack Foods 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SFD or JJSF? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformSmithfield FoodsOutperform Votes19661.44% Underperform Votes12338.56% J&J Snack FoodsOutperform Votes30758.59% Underperform Votes21741.41% SummaryJ&J Snack Foods beats Smithfield Foods on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get J&J Snack Foods News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for JJSF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart JJSF vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricJ&J Snack FoodsCookies & crackers IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$2.59B$2.59B$17.01B$7.57BDividend Yield2.36%2.36%3.02%4.32%P/E Ratio30.6330.6315.3017.81Price / Sales1.631.633.6894.61Price / Cash14.4614.4616.3934.64Price / Book2.742.746.274.00Net Income$86.55M$86.55M$734.35M$247.23M7 Day Performance-0.27%-0.27%0.49%1.45%1 Month Performance-0.77%-0.77%-1.71%-6.24%1 Year Performance-1.54%-1.54%-1.17%0.60% J&J Snack Foods Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)JJSFJ&J Snack Foods4.1608 of 5 stars$132.94-2.8%$167.50+26.0%-1.1%$2.59B$1.59B30.635,000News CoveragePositive NewsSFDSmithfield Foods3.8342 of 5 stars$19.30-2.4%$27.86+44.3%N/A$7.59B$14.14B8.5037,417Gap DownPOSTPost2.9606 of 5 stars$114.12-2.9%$127.50+11.7%+15.9%$6.45B$7.93B18.8010,400Gap DownLANCLancaster Colony4.5196 of 5 stars$175.42-2.4%$211.33+20.5%-5.2%$4.84B$1.90B30.833,200Positive NewsCALMCal-Maine Foods3.1446 of 5 stars$93.45+1.3%$74.50-20.3%+60.0%$4.58B$3.08B7.272,980Earnings ReportHigh Trading VolumeFLOFlowers Foods4.1405 of 5 stars$18.32-2.7%$21.00+14.7%-20.0%$3.86B$5.10B15.659,200Short Interest ↑Positive NewsTRTootsie Roll Industries0.5167 of 5 stars$30.36-0.8%N/A+3.0%$2.17B$723.22M24.882,000Upcoming EarningsNews CoveragePositive NewsTHSTreeHouse Foods3.9795 of 5 stars$24.29-6.2%$34.83+43.4%-38.6%$1.22B$3.35B44.977,400News CoverageJBSSJohn B. Sanfilippo & Son2.0029 of 5 stars$67.17-2.0%N/A-30.9%$781.72M$1.12B16.111,300Short Interest ↑SENEASeneca Foods2.3859 of 5 stars$83.22-3.7%N/A+48.0%$572.55M$1.54B15.193,000Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeBGSB&G Foods3.1492 of 5 stars$6.37-3.1%$8.10+27.1%-40.8%$504.43M$1.93B-18.753,080News Coverage Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies SFD Competitors POST Competitors LANC Competitors CALM Competitors FLO Competitors TR Competitors THS Competitors JBSS Competitors SENEA Competitors BGS Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:JJSF) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersCrypto’s crashing…but we’re still profitingMost traders are panicking right now. Bitcoin’s dropping. Altcoins are bleeding. 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