Seneca Foods vs J M Smucker
SENEA and SJM 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 SENEA and SJM compare
J M Smucker is the larger company, worth 13 times as much as Seneca Foods ($13.9B against $1.1B).
Seneca Foods grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (12.5% versus 5.1% for J M Smucker).
Seneca Foods keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 6.7% compared with 2.5% at J M Smucker.
J M Smucker pays a dividend yielding 3.4%; Seneca Foods does not pay one.
Seneca Foods scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 10 for J M Smucker), 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 | SENEA | SJM |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.1B | $13.9B |
| Share price | $159.78 | $129.90 |
| Change, 1 year | 45.9% | 28.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 199% | 3.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.26 | 0.17 |
| Employees | 2,995 | 3,000 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 20 (better) | 10 |
| Valuation score | 6 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Health score | 6 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 9.2× | – |
| P/S | 0.6× (better) | 1.5× |
| P/B | 1.4× (better) | 2.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.2× (better) | 24.9× |
| P/FCF | 4.7× (better) | 8.7× |
| PEG | 0.06 | – |
| FCF yield | 21.2% (better) | 11.4% |
| Fair value | $289.41 | $85.56 |
| Margin of safety | 44.8% (better) | −51.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 12.5% (better) | 5.1% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.5% | 2.5% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 175% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 178% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 3.9% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 13.4% | 38.7% (better) |
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 9.0% (better) |
| Net margin | 6.7% (better) | 2.5% |
| FCF margin | 13.0% | 17.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | 16.8% (better) | 3.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 17.2% (better) | 3.4% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.02 (better) | 1.17 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.37 | 8.10 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 9.5× | – |
| Current ratio | 3.77 (better) | 0.87 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.65 (better) | 1.52 |
| Piotroski F-score | 9 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 3.4% |
| Payout ratio | 0.02% | 204% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 16 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 4.1% |
| Buyback yield | 1.3% (better) | 0.05% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.3% | 3.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 60.9% | 87.7% |
| Held by insiders | 5.1% | 0.51% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$323K (better) | −$17.5M |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 4.0% |
Go deeper
- SENEA stock overview
- SENEA income statement
- SENEA valuation and score
- SJM stock overview
- SJM income statement
- SJM valuation and score
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