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
Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) and John B. Sanfilippo & Son (NASDAQ:JBSS) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Flowers Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. John B. Sanfilippo & Son pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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 pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Flowers Foods has increased its dividend for 24 consecutive years and John B. Sanfilippo & Son has increased its dividend for 8 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 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.
Flowers Foods currently has a consensus target price of $15.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.79%. John B. Sanfilippo & Son has a consensus target price of $109.00, suggesting a potential upside of 72.03%. Given John B. Sanfilippo & Son's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe John B. Sanfilippo & Son is more favorable than Flowers Foods.
75.5% of Flowers Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of Flowers Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.2% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are held by 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.
In the previous week, Flowers Foods had 3 more articles in the media than John B. Sanfilippo & Son. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Flowers Foods and 1 mentions for John B. Sanfilippo & Son. John B. Sanfilippo & Son's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Flowers Foods' score of 0.23 indicating that John B. Sanfilippo & Son is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Flowers Foods has higher revenue and earnings than John B. Sanfilippo & Son. Flowers Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than John B. Sanfilippo & Son, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Flowers Foods has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John B. Sanfilippo & Son has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
John B. Sanfilippo & Son beats Flowers Foods on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:JBSS) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
