B&G Foods vs Conagra Brands
BGS and CAG 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 BGS and CAG compare
Conagra Brands is the larger company, worth 25 times as much as B&G Foods ($7.0B against $284M).
Conagra Brands grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (−1.8% versus −2.7% for B&G Foods).
B&G Foods keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of −4.7% compared with −17.0% at Conagra Brands.
Both pay dividends: B&G Foods yields 16.3% and Conagra Brands 5.9%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BGS | CAG |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $284M | $7.0B |
| Share price | $3.50 | $14.73 |
| Change, 1 year | −25.1% | −15.1% |
| Change, 5 years | −88.6% | −52.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.49 | 0.13 |
| Employees | 2,497 | 17K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 10 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 0 |
| Health score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 0.2× (better) | 0.6× |
| P/B | 0.8× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.9× | – |
| P/FCF | 2.9× (better) | 8.0× |
| FCF yield | 35.0% (better) | 12.5% |
| Fair value | $13.74 | $29.75 |
| Margin of safety | 74.5% (better) | 50.5% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −2.7% | −1.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −1.5% | 0.17% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −324% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −326% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 21.8% | 23.8% (better) |
| Operating margin | 3.7% (better) | −15.2% |
| Net margin | −4.7% (better) | −17.0% |
| FCF margin | 5.6% | 7.8% (better) |
| Return on equity | −20.4% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 2.2% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 5.75 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 15.68 | – |
| Current ratio | 2.84 (better) | 1.10 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.14 (better) | 1.05 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 16.3% (better) | 5.9% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −16.7% | 6.2% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.63% |
| Shareholder yield | 16.3% (better) | 6.6% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 57.3% | 88.9% |
| Held by insiders | 5.3% | 0.78% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$248K | $1.1M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 18.4% | 9.4% |
Go deeper
- BGS stock overview
- BGS income statement
- BGS valuation and score
- CAG stock overview
- CAG income statement
- CAG valuation and score
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