B&G Foods, Inc. (BGS) vs Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (NATR)

B&G Foods, Inc. and Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. are both Packaged Foods companies. B&G Foods, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $200.8M against $180.5M — 1.1× the size. B&G Foods, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. trades at 12.4×. Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 1.21% against −4.91%. Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. has the higher net margin (3.05% vs −4.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (19.5% vs 1.69%). Across the 21 metrics below, Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. leads on 15 and B&G Foods, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric BGS NATR Packaged Foods median
P/E n/m 12.39 12.84
P/S 0.11 0.38 0.67
P/B 0.51 1.05 1.58
Price to free cash flow 1.74 17.14 8.97
EV/EBITDA 10.05 2.43 8.34
EV/Sales 1.20 0.20 0.97
Earnings yield (36.18%) 8.07% 2.16%
Free cash flow yield 57.33% 5.83% 5.54%

Profitability

Metric BGS NATR Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 21.53% 73.06% 28.37%
Operating margin 3.55% 5.34% 2.53%
Net margin (4.00%) 3.05% 0.53%
Free cash flow margin 6.46% 2.19% 2.31%
Return on equity (15.80%) 8.66% 0.00%
Return on assets (2.25%) 5.50% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 1.69% 19.46% 0.00%

Growth

Metric BGS NATR Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) (4.91%) 1.21% 3.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 83.02% 165.00% 4.57%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.46%) 4.50% 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (1.76%) 0.00%

Health

Metric BGS NATR Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity 6.38 0.00 0.18
Current ratio 1.62 2.56 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 7.55 (2.43) 0.73

Dividend

Metric BGS NATR Packaged Foods median
Dividend yield 23.17% — 3.68%
Payout ratio — — 0.62

Size

Metric BGS NATR Packaged Foods median
Market cap 200.75m 180.53m 268.23m

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