JBSS vs. FLO, 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 Flowers Foods (FLO), 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
John B. Sanfilippo & Son (NASDAQ:JBSS) and Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Flowers Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. John B. Sanfilippo & Son pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Flowers Foods pays out 95.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. John B. Sanfilippo & Son has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Flowers Foods has raised its dividend for 24 consecutive years. Flowers Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son presently has a consensus price target of $109.00, indicating a potential upside of 76.12%. Flowers Foods has a consensus price target of $15.33, indicating a potential upside of 18.90%. Given John B. Sanfilippo & Son's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe John B. Sanfilippo & Son is more favorable than Flowers Foods.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flowers Foods has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son has a net margin of 5.32% compared to Flowers Foods' net margin of 4.30%. Flowers Foods' return on equity of 17.85% beat John B. Sanfilippo & Son's return on equity.
In the previous week, Flowers Foods had 3 more articles in the media than John B. Sanfilippo & Son. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Flowers Foods and 3 mentions for John B. Sanfilippo & Son. Flowers Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat John B. Sanfilippo & Son's score of 0.00 indicating that Flowers Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Flowers Foods has higher revenue and earnings than John B. Sanfilippo & Son. John B. Sanfilippo & Son is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flowers Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
70.6% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.5% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.2% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
John B. Sanfilippo & Son beats Flowers Foods on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:JBSS) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff