National Beverage Corp.

FIZZ Consumer Defensive Beverages Non Alcoholic

National Beverage Corp.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended April 2026) was $1.2 billion, down 1.73% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+0.04%
EPS
−16.7%
Free cash flow
+10.3%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

36.72 0.44 −1.18%
Market cap
$3.5B
P/E
19.8×
Fwd P/E
19.4×
Dividend yield
0.00%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
12.81
Beneish M
−2.53
Dividend safety
n/a

National Beverage Corp. (FIZZ) Return on invested capital

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National Beverage Corp.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 52.2%, up 2.0 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (50.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 43.9% (fiscal 2015) to 93.0% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 17% of that period. That is above the Beverages Non Alcoholic industry median of 14.4% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 50.3% (8.57)
FY2025 58.8% 0.08
FY2024 58.8% 4.33
FY2023 54.4% (4.26)
FY2022 58.7% (15.77)
FY2021 74.5% 16.89
FY2020 57.6% (6.55)
FY2019 64.1% (26.03)
FY2018 90.1% (2.81)
FY2017 93.0% 35.12

Against its own ten years

Low 43.9% High 93.0%
Ten-year median 58.7%
Current reading's percentile 17

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
FIZZ National Beverage Corp. 52.2%
CELH Celsius Holdings Inc. compare 44.8%
COCO Vita Coco Company, Inc. compare 34.4%
AKO.B Embotelladora Andina S.A. compare 30.0%
COKE Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. compare 29.4%
KOF Coca Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V. compare 14.4%
AKO.A Embotelladora Andina S.A. compare 13.7%
KDP Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc compare 4.50%
SUJA Suja Life Inc. compare 0.96%
Beverages Non Alcoholic industry median 14.4%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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