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Sanfilippo John B & Son vs J&J Snack Foods

JBSS 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 JBSS and JJSF compare

J&J Snack Foods is the larger company, worth 2.4 times as much as Sanfilippo John B & Son ($1.7B against $691M).

On earnings, Sanfilippo John B & Son is cheaper: it trades at 12.4× trailing earnings, against 34.0× for J&J Snack Foods.

Sanfilippo John B & Son grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (3.1% versus −4.7% for J&J Snack Foods).

Sanfilippo John B & Son keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 4.8% compared with 3.2% at J&J Snack Foods.

Both pay dividends: Sanfilippo John B & Son yields 7.6% and J&J Snack Foods 3.6%.

Sanfilippo John B & Son scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 15 for J&J Snack Foods), 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.

MetricJBSSJJSF
Size and price
Market cap$691M$1.7B
Share price$59.06$88.39
Change, 1 year−12.7%7.6%
Change, 5 years−29.8%−38.9%
Beta (5Y)0.330.31
Employees1,7701,800
StockData Score
Total score20 (better)15
Valuation score6 (better)4
Growth score12 (better)
Performance score5 (better)2
Health score55
Dividend score3 (better)2
Valuation
P/E12.4× (better)34.0×
P/S0.6× (better)1.1×
P/B1.9×1.9× (better)
EV/EBITDA6.7× (better)11.9×
P/FCF22.7×17.9× (better)
PEG–3.10
FCF yield4.4%5.6% (better)
Fair value$89.86$92.95
Margin of safety34.3% (better)4.9%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)3.1% (better)−4.7%
Revenue growth, 5Y average6.5%9.1% (better)
Net income growth (TTM)−14.6% (better)−41.2%
EPS growth (TTM)−14.9% (better)−39.4%
EPS growth, 5Y average0.35%28.5% (better)
Profitability
Gross margin17.7%31.3% (better)
Operating margin7.0% (better)3.9%
Net margin4.8% (better)3.2%
FCF margin2.6%6.0% (better)
Return on equity15.4% (better)5.3%
Return on invested capital15.0% (better)5.5%
Financial health
Debt / equity0.130.03 (better)
Net debt / EBITDA0.43 (better)−0.26
Interest coverage38.3× (better)27.8×
Current ratio1.962.34 (better)
Altman Z-score4.274.50 (better)
Piotroski F-score35 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield7.6% (better)3.6%
Payout ratio93.4%124%
Years of dividend growth12 (better)
Dividend growth, 5Y average−4.4%–
Buyback yield–4.6%
Shareholder yield7.6%8.2% (better)
Ownership
Held by institutions73.1%80.0%
Held by insiders20.2%20.8%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$1.4M$0 (better)
Short interest, % of float6.3%6.5%

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