JBSS vs. TR, JJSF, THS, SENEA, CVGW, LWAY, BGS, HAIN, FARM, and MDLZ
Should you be buying John B. Sanfilippo & Son stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John B. Sanfilippo & Son include Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), TreeHouse Foods (THS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), Calavo Growers (CVGW), Lifeway Foods (LWAY), B&G Foods (BGS), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Farmer Bros. (FARM), and Mondelez International (MDLZ). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son vs. Its Competitors
Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) and John B. Sanfilippo & Son (NASDAQ:JBSS) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.
Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John B. Sanfilippo & Son has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tootsie Roll Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than John B. Sanfilippo & Son. John B. Sanfilippo & Son is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tootsie Roll Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tootsie Roll Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. John B. Sanfilippo & Son pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Tootsie Roll Industries pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. John B. Sanfilippo & Son pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Tootsie Roll Industries has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and John B. Sanfilippo & Son has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. John B. Sanfilippo & Son is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Tootsie Roll Industries received 4 more outperform votes than John B. Sanfilippo & Son when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.71% of users gave John B. Sanfilippo & Son an outperform vote while only 58.27% of users gave Tootsie Roll Industries an outperform vote.
Tootsie Roll Industries has a net margin of 12.14% compared to John B. Sanfilippo & Son's net margin of 4.36%. John B. Sanfilippo & Son's return on equity of 15.22% beat Tootsie Roll Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, John B. Sanfilippo & Son had 4 more articles in the media than Tootsie Roll Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for John B. Sanfilippo & Son and 1 mentions for Tootsie Roll Industries. Tootsie Roll Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat John B. Sanfilippo & Son's score of 0.56 indicating that Tootsie Roll Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are held by institutional investors. 60.8% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
John B. Sanfilippo & Son beats Tootsie Roll Industries on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:JBSS) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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