Freshpet vs Simply Good Foods
FRPT and SMPL side by side, both in food and kindred products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FRPT and SMPL compare
Freshpet is the larger company, worth 3.0 times as much as Simply Good Foods ($3.2B against $1.1B).
Freshpet grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (11.7% versus −6.5% for Simply Good Foods).
Freshpet keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.9% compared with −11.5% at Simply Good Foods.
Freshpet scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 8 for Simply Good Foods), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | FRPT | SMPL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.2B | $1.1B |
| Share price | $67.51 | $12.57 |
| Change, 1 year | 21.4% | −35.7% |
| Change, 5 years | −41.0% | −67.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.17 | 0.45 |
| Employees | 1,288 | 282 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 (better) | 8 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 27.2× | – |
| P/S | 2.7× | 0.8× (better) |
| P/B | 2.6× | 0.8× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.6× | – |
| P/FCF | 48.2× | 7.0× (better) |
| FCF yield | 2.1% | 14.4% (better) |
| Fair value | $104.89 | $28.37 |
| Margin of safety | 35.6% | 55.7% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 11.7% (better) | −6.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 28.2% (better) | 6.2% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 6.5% (better) | −250% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 8.3% (better) | −266% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 42.6% (better) | 32.6% |
| Operating margin | 8.8% (better) | −13.2% |
| Net margin | 10.9% (better) | −11.5% |
| FCF margin | 5.6% | 11.6% (better) |
| Return on equity | 10.9% (better) | −9.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.2% (better) | −7.8% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.24 |
| Interest coverage | 7.6× (better) | −8.4× |
| Current ratio | 5.68 (better) | 5.57 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.46 (better) | 2.00 |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | – | 19.5% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 19.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 132% | 99.0% |
| Held by insiders | 2.6% | 10.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$33.0M | $1.1M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 17.2% | 12.7% |
Go deeper
- FRPT stock overview
- FRPT income statement
- FRPT valuation and score
- SMPL stock overview
- SMPL income statement
- SMPL valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.