J&J Snack Foods (JJSF) Competitors

J&J Snack Foods (NASDAQ:JJSF) and Smithfield Foods (NASDAQ:SFD) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.

Is JJSF or SFD more profitable?

J&J Snack Foods has a net margin of 5.31% compared to Smithfield Foods' net margin of 0.00%. J&J Snack Foods' return on equity of 9.84% beat Smithfield Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
J&J Snack Foods	5.31%	9.84%	6.81%
Smithfield Foods	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of JJSF or SFD?

76.0% of J&J Snack Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.8% of J&J Snack Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Smithfield Foods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend JJSF or SFD?

J&J Snack Foods presently has a consensus price target of $142.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.46%. Smithfield Foods has a consensus price target of $27.86, indicating a potential upside of 21.12%. Given J&J Snack Foods' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe J&J Snack Foods is more favorable than Smithfield Foods.

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
Smithfield Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings & valuation, JJSF or SFD?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
J&J Snack Foods	$1.59B	1.39	$86.55M	$3.90	29.12
Smithfield Foods	$14.47B	0.62	$892.37M	$2.27	10.13

Is JJSF or SFD a better dividend stock?

J&J Snack Foods pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Smithfield Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. J&J Snack Foods pays out 80.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Smithfield Foods pays out 44.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J&J Snack Foods has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Smithfield Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JJSF or SFD?

J&J Snack Foods received 112 more outperform votes than Smithfield Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.44% of users gave Smithfield Foods an outperform vote while only 58.67% of users gave J&J Snack Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
J&J Snack Foods	Outperform Votes 308 58.67%	Underperform Votes 217 41.33%
Smithfield Foods	Outperform Votes 196 61.44%	Underperform Votes 123 38.56%

Does the media prefer JJSF or SFD?

In the previous week, J&J Snack Foods had 5 more articles in the media than Smithfield Foods. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for J&J Snack Foods and 3 mentions for Smithfield Foods. J&J Snack Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Smithfield Foods' score of 0.13 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Smithfield Foods	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

J&J Snack Foods beats Smithfield Foods on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.