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$118.55 +5.14 (+4.53%)
Closing price 07/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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JJSF vs. POST, CALM, LANC, FLO, TR, THS, JBSS, SENEA, CVGW, and LWAY

Should you be buying J & J Snack Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J & J Snack Foods include Post (POST), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Flowers Foods (FLO), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), TreeHouse Foods (THS), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), Calavo Growers (CVGW), and Lifeway Foods (LWAY). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.

J & J Snack Foods vs. Its Competitors

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

76.0% of J & J Snack Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Post shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.8% of J & J Snack Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Post shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

J & J Snack Foods has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Post has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Post had 86 more articles in the media than J & J Snack Foods. MarketBeat recorded 92 mentions for Post and 6 mentions for J & J Snack Foods. J & J Snack Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Post's score of 0.02 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Post
16 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
29 Neutral mention(s)
20 Negative mention(s)
17 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

J & J Snack Foods presently has a consensus price target of $142.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.20%. Post has a consensus price target of $130.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.07%. Given J & J Snack Foods' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe J & J Snack Foods is more favorable than Post.

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
Post
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

Post has higher revenue and earnings than J & J Snack Foods. Post 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
J & J Snack Foods$1.57B1.46$86.55M$3.9030.40
Post$7.92B0.78$366.90M$5.6219.84

J & J Snack Foods has a net margin of 4.79% compared to Post's net margin of 4.53%. Post's return on equity of 10.24% beat J & J Snack Foods' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
J & J Snack Foods4.79% 8.78% 6.09%
Post 4.53%10.24%3.20%

Summary

Post beats J & J Snack Foods 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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JJSF vs. The Competition

MetricJ & J Snack FoodsFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.21B$8.40B$16.16B$8.94B
Dividend Yield2.75%3.48%3.17%4.12%
P/E Ratio30.4026.4119.8019.74
Price / Sales1.461.7467.09109.12
Price / Cash13.2312.5514.5457.06
Price / Book2.413.686.195.37
Net Income$86.55M$398.24M$680.27M$248.34M
7 Day Performance5.09%1.47%2.17%1.67%
1 Month Performance3.49%-0.32%0.44%4.56%
1 Year Performance-27.96%0.17%6.96%18.42%

J & J Snack Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JJSF
J & J Snack Foods
3.3808 of 5 stars
$118.55
+4.5%
$142.50
+20.2%
-28.1%$2.21B$1.57B30.405,000Analyst Downgrade
POST
Post
3.8547 of 5 stars
$112.61
+0.1%
$130.50
+15.9%
+7.6%$6.27B$7.92B20.0411,480Trending News
CALM
Cal-Maine Foods
3.5353 of 5 stars
$101.55
-0.5%
$83.00
-18.3%
+62.3%$4.98B$2.33B5.023,067
LANC
Lancaster Colony
4.7487 of 5 stars
$171.89
+1.7%
$203.50
+18.4%
-8.4%$4.74B$1.87B27.953,400
FLO
Flowers Foods
4.5836 of 5 stars
$16.21
+2.1%
$19.25
+18.8%
-26.4%$3.42B$5.10B15.0110,200News Coverage
TR
Tootsie Roll Industries
0.3317 of 5 stars
$34.68
+1.9%
N/A+15.9%$2.53B$715.53M28.412,300
THS
TreeHouse Foods
4.1227 of 5 stars
$21.01
+1.0%
$27.83
+32.5%
-42.7%$1.06B$3.35B161.637,400
JBSS
John B. Sanfilippo & Son
3.1864 of 5 stars
$64.47
+2.0%
N/A-30.9%$758.17M$1.07B13.601,800Positive News
SENEA
Seneca Foods
1.0831 of 5 stars
$92.67
+2.6%
N/A+75.5%$638.50M$1.58B15.732,885High Trading Volume
CVGW
Calavo Growers
3.8569 of 5 stars
$27.09
-2.4%
$35.00
+29.2%
+22.7%$483.20M$694.49M46.712,106
LWAY
Lifeway Foods
0.7751 of 5 stars
$24.40
-0.5%
$25.00
+2.5%
+102.5%$370.88M$186.82M36.97280Insider Trade

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