JBS vs Smithfield Foods
JBS and SFD 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 JBS and SFD compare
JBS grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.4% versus −0.60% for Smithfield Foods).
Smithfield Foods keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 5.9% compared with 1.2% at JBS.
Smithfield Foods pays a dividend yielding 7.8%; JBS does not pay one.
Smithfield Foods scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 3 for JBS), 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 | JBS | SFD |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $7.5B |
| Share price | $12.45 | $19.14 |
| Change, 1 year | −5.0% | −12.9% |
| Change, 5 years | −12.3% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.47 | 0.21 |
| Employees | 283K | 32K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 3 | 19 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 8.4× |
| P/S | – | 0.5× |
| P/B | – | 1.1× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 5.6× |
| P/FCF | – | 8.1× |
| PEG | – | 2.70 |
| FCF yield | – | 12.3% |
| Fair value | – | $42.84 |
| Margin of safety | – | 55.3% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 13.4% (better) | −0.60% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 3.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −47.8% | 4.2% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 2.7% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 1429% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 11.8% | 12.6% (better) |
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 7.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 1.2% | 5.9% (better) |
| FCF margin | 0.52% | 6.1% (better) |
| Return on equity | 14.6% (better) | 13.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.8% | 11.6% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 5.51 | 0.29 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 7.32 | 0.56 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 1.3× | 38.3× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.53 | 2.39 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | – | 3.19 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 7.8% |
| Payout ratio | 93.2% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.00% |
| Shareholder yield | – | 7.8% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 0.04% | 13.8% |
| Held by insiders | 0.07% | – |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$2.5M (better) | −$4.4M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 0.00% | – |
Go deeper
- JBS stock overview
- JBS income statement
- JBS valuation and score
- SFD stock overview
- SFD income statement
- SFD valuation and score
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