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$114.35 +1.55 (+1.37%)
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JJSF vs. MED, POST, CALM, MZTI, FLO, TR, THS, JBSS, SENEA, and CVGW

Should you be buying J & J Snack Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J & J Snack Foods include MEDIFAST (MED), Post (POST), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Marzetti (MZTI), Flowers Foods (FLO), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), TreeHouse Foods (THS), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), and Calavo Growers (CVGW).

J & J Snack Foods vs. Its Competitors

J & J Snack Foods (NASDAQ:JJSF) and Medifast (NYSE:MED) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

76.0% of J & J Snack Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Medifast shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.8% of J & J Snack Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Medifast shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

J & J Snack Foods currently has a consensus price target of $142.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.62%. Medifast has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.44%. Given J & J Snack Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe J & J Snack Foods is more favorable than Medifast.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
J & J Snack Foods
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Medifast
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

J & J Snack Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Medifast. J & J Snack Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Medifast, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
J & J Snack Foods$1.60B1.39$86.55M$4.2926.66
Medifast$602.46M0.25$2.09M$0.3242.81

J & J Snack Foods has a net margin of 5.24% compared to Medifast's net margin of 0.76%. J & J Snack Foods' return on equity of 8.79% beat Medifast's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
J & J Snack Foods5.24% 8.79% 6.10%
Medifast 0.76%2.00%1.50%

In the previous week, J & J Snack Foods had 11 more articles in the media than Medifast. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for J & J Snack Foods and 7 mentions for Medifast. J & J Snack Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Medifast's score of 0.30 indicating that J & J Snack Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
J & J Snack Foods
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Medifast
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

J & J Snack Foods has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medifast has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

J & J Snack Foods beats Medifast on 13 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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JJSF vs. The Competition

MetricJ & J Snack FoodsFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.20B$8.25B$16.07B$9.82B
Dividend Yield2.87%3.48%3.15%4.12%
P/E Ratio26.6622.3118.6726.03
Price / Sales1.391.7846.39105.52
Price / Cash13.1512.5714.7858.93
Price / Book2.303.375.846.06
Net Income$86.55M$401.57M$684.52M$265.11M
7 Day Performance5.97%2.40%4.66%3.38%
1 Month Performance-1.63%-0.23%0.81%2.28%
1 Year Performance-32.79%0.82%6.87%29.67%

J & J Snack Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JJSF
J & J Snack Foods
3.7985 of 5 stars
$114.35
+1.4%
$142.50
+24.6%
-32.5%$2.20B$1.60B26.665,000Dividend Increase
MED
MEDIFAST
3.7792 of 5 stars
$12.83
-0.2%
$16.50
+28.6%
-28.2%$141.24M$602.46M40.09870
POST
Post
4.0195 of 5 stars
$106.72
-1.2%
$131.25
+23.0%
-3.8%$6.02B$7.92B16.1111,480Trending News
Earnings Report
CALM
Cal-Maine Foods
3.5785 of 5 stars
$107.53
-0.2%
$110.00
+2.3%
+56.3%$5.28B$4.26B4.313,828Positive News
MZTI
Marzetti
3.3221 of 5 stars
$177.86
-0.3%
$203.50
+14.4%
-5.3%$4.92B$1.87B28.923,400News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
FLO
Flowers Foods
4.5802 of 5 stars
$16.20
-0.9%
$19.00
+17.3%
-25.9%$3.45B$5.10B15.0010,200Upcoming Earnings
TR
Tootsie Roll Industries
0.3815 of 5 stars
$38.38
-1.2%
N/A+41.1%$2.84B$715.53M30.772,300
THS
TreeHouse Foods
3.9571 of 5 stars
$17.57
-5.7%
$24.00
+36.6%
-50.1%$940.82M$3.35B45.057,400
JBSS
John B. Sanfilippo & Son
3.2447 of 5 stars
$62.24
-1.1%
N/A-35.5%$739.74M$1.07B13.131,800Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
SENEA
Seneca Foods
0.9097 of 5 stars
$103.04
-0.1%
N/A+73.5%$710.68M$1.58B16.542,885Earnings Report
CVGW
Calavo Growers
4.2769 of 5 stars
$27.76
+0.8%
$35.00
+26.1%
+23.1%$491.06M$661.54M47.862,106News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:JJSF) was last updated on 8/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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