Hershey vs Sanfilippo John B & Son
HSY and JBSS 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 HSY and JBSS compare
Hershey is the larger company, worth 53 times as much as Sanfilippo John B & Son ($33.3B against $630M).
Hershey grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.7% versus 6.2% for Sanfilippo John B & Son).
Hershey keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 14.6% compared with 5.3% at Sanfilippo John B & Son.
Both pay dividends: Hershey yields 3.5% and Sanfilippo John B & Son 8.3%.
Sanfilippo John B & Son scores higher on the StockData Score (22 against 13 for Hershey), 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 | HSY | JBSS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $33.3B | $630M |
| Share price | $165.61 | $53.90 |
| Change, 1 year | −5.5% | −9.4% |
| Change, 5 years | −5.6% | −38.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.17 | 0.29 |
| Employees | 18K | 1,770 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 | 22 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 10.2× |
| P/S | 2.7× | 0.5× (better) |
| P/B | – | 1.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.2× | 5.8× (better) |
| P/FCF | 15.7× (better) | 17.6× |
| FCF yield | 6.4% (better) | 5.7% |
| Fair value | $167.43 | $96.06 |
| Margin of safety | 1.1% | 43.9% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.7% (better) | 6.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.5% (better) | 6.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 31.9% (better) | 5.1% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 4.6% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 0.35% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 41.9% (better) | 18.0% |
| Operating margin | 20.8% (better) | 7.6% |
| Net margin | 14.6% (better) | 5.3% |
| FCF margin | 17.3% (better) | 3.0% |
| Return on equity | – | 16.7% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 16.6% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.13 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.44 | 0.41 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 11.5× | 36.7× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.24 | 2.08 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.38 | 4.42 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.5% | 8.3% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 63.0% | 75.5% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 1 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | −4.4% |
| Buyback yield | 1.3% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 4.8% | 8.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 65.1% | 73.1% |
| Held by insiders | 28.0% | 19.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$259M | −$1.4M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Go deeper
- HSY stock overview
- HSY income statement
- HSY valuation and score
- JBSS stock overview
- JBSS income statement
- JBSS valuation and score
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