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John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS) Competitors

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$66.38 +0.10 (+0.15%)
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$66.25 -0.13 (-0.20%)
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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 Brothers (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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Tootsie Roll Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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 raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and John B. Sanfilippo & Son has raised 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 has a net margin of 12.53% compared to John B. Sanfilippo & Son's net margin of 5.00%. John B. Sanfilippo & Son's return on equity of 16.98% beat Tootsie Roll Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tootsie Roll Industries12.53% 10.29% 7.85%
John B. Sanfilippo & Son 5.00%16.98%10.22%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tootsie Roll Industries$715.53M3.60$86.83M$1.2228.90
John B. Sanfilippo & Son$1.07B0.73$60.25M$4.7414.00

In the previous week, Tootsie Roll Industries had 2 more articles in the media than John B. Sanfilippo & Son. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Tootsie Roll Industries and 1 mentions for John B. Sanfilippo & Son. John B. Sanfilippo & Son's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Tootsie Roll Industries' score of 0.88 indicating that John B. Sanfilippo & Son is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tootsie Roll Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
John B. Sanfilippo & Son
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.9% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John B. Sanfilippo & Son has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

John B. Sanfilippo & Son beats Tootsie Roll Industries on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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JBSS vs. The Competition

MetricJohn B. Sanfilippo & SonFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$779.37M$8.53B$16.30B$8.87B
Dividend Yield1.28%3.40%3.11%4.10%
P/E Ratio14.0026.6520.0019.88
Price / Sales0.731.7567.06113.66
Price / Cash8.8512.7514.7356.90
Price / Book2.393.726.185.38
Net Income$60.25M$398.24M$680.27M$248.50M
7 Day Performance4.82%1.69%2.93%2.97%
1 Month Performance7.65%-0.15%0.98%6.02%
1 Year Performance-30.78%0.92%7.77%20.39%

John B. Sanfilippo & Son Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JBSS
John B. Sanfilippo & Son
3.198 of 5 stars
$66.38
+0.2%
N/A-30.9%$779.37M$1.07B14.001,800Positive News
TR
Tootsie Roll Industries
0.3262 of 5 stars
$34.68
+1.9%
N/A+15.9%$2.49B$715.53M28.412,300
JJSF
J & J Snack Foods
3.3995 of 5 stars
$115.25
+2.8%
$142.50
+23.6%
-28.1%$2.18B$1.57B29.555,000Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
THS
TreeHouse Foods
4.1882 of 5 stars
$21.01
+1.0%
$27.83
+32.5%
-42.7%$1.05B$3.35B161.637,400News Coverage
SENEA
Seneca Foods
1.1019 of 5 stars
$92.67
+2.6%
N/A+75.5%$622.32M$1.58B15.732,885High Trading Volume
CVGW
Calavo Growers
3.762 of 5 stars
$27.09
-2.4%
$35.00
+29.2%
+22.7%$494.98M$661.54M46.712,106
LWAY
Lifeway Foods
0.7678 of 5 stars
$24.40
-0.5%
$25.00
+2.5%
+102.5%$372.78M$186.82M36.97280News Coverage
Insider Trade
BGS
B&G Foods
4.1107 of 5 stars
$4.38
+0.9%
$7.30
+66.7%
-44.0%$346.32M$1.93B-1.652,784News Coverage
HAIN
The Hain Celestial Group
4.7908 of 5 stars
$1.62
+1.9%
$3.64
+125.0%
-76.1%$143.50M$1.74B-0.562,786
FARM
Farmer Brothers
4.4868 of 5 stars
$1.37
-5.5%
$4.50
+228.5%
-44.4%$31.25M$341.09M-2.011,003News Coverage
Positive News
MDLZ
Mondelez International
4.6386 of 5 stars
$68.50
+0.3%
$70.63
+3.1%
+5.7%$88.45B$36.44B25.4690,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:JBSS) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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