Freshpet vs J&J Snack Foods
FRPT and JJSF 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 JJSF compare
Freshpet is the larger company, worth 2.0 times as much as J&J Snack Foods ($3.2B against $1.7B).
On earnings, Freshpet is cheaper: it trades at 27.2× trailing earnings, against 34.0× for J&J Snack Foods.
Freshpet grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (11.7% versus −4.7% for J&J Snack Foods).
Freshpet keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.9% compared with 3.2% at J&J Snack Foods.
J&J Snack Foods pays a dividend yielding 3.6%; Freshpet does not pay one.
J&J Snack Foods scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 14 for Freshpet), 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 | JJSF |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.2B | $1.7B |
| Share price | $67.51 | $88.39 |
| Change, 1 year | 21.4% | 7.6% |
| Change, 5 years | −41.0% | −38.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.17 | 0.31 |
| Employees | 1,288 | 1,800 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 | 15 (better) |
| Valuation score | 4 | 4 |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 27.2× (better) | 34.0× |
| P/S | 2.7× | 1.1× (better) |
| P/B | 2.6× | 1.9× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.6× | 11.9× (better) |
| P/FCF | 48.2× | 17.9× (better) |
| PEG | – | 3.10 |
| FCF yield | 2.1% | 5.6% (better) |
| Fair value | $104.89 | $92.95 |
| Margin of safety | 35.6% (better) | 4.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 11.7% (better) | −4.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 28.2% (better) | 9.1% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 6.5% (better) | −41.2% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 8.3% (better) | −39.4% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 28.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 42.6% (better) | 31.3% |
| Operating margin | 8.8% (better) | 3.9% |
| Net margin | 10.9% (better) | 3.2% |
| FCF margin | 5.6% | 6.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | 10.9% (better) | 5.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.2% (better) | 5.5% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.03 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | −0.26 |
| Interest coverage | 7.6× | 27.8× (better) |
| Current ratio | 5.68 (better) | 2.34 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.46 | 4.50 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 3.6% |
| Payout ratio | – | 124% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 2 |
| Buyback yield | – | 4.6% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 8.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 132% | 80.0% |
| Held by insiders | 2.6% | 20.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$33.0M | $0 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 17.2% | 6.5% |
Go deeper
- FRPT stock overview
- FRPT income statement
- FRPT valuation and score
- JJSF stock overview
- JJSF income statement
- JJSF valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.