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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Post beats J & J Snack Foods on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (NASDAQ:JJSF) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
