Flowers Foods, Inc. (FLO) vs J & J Snack Foods Corp. (JJSF)

Flowers Foods, Inc. and J & J Snack Foods Corp. are both Packaged Foods companies. J & J Snack Foods Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $1.4B against $1.2B — 1.2× the size. Flowers Foods, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 22.1× against 29.6×. Flowers Foods, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.46% against −4.69%. J & J Snack Foods Corp. has the higher net margin (3.23% vs 1.06%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.38% vs 3.03%). Both pay a dividend; Flowers Foods, Inc. yields more (3.99% vs 1.97%). Across the 23 metrics below, J & J Snack Foods Corp. leads on 12 and Flowers Foods, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric FLO JJSF Packaged Foods median
P/E 22.08 29.58 12.69
P/S 0.23 0.95 0.61
P/B 0.92 1.63 1.47
Price to free cash flow 4.11 15.70 8.50
EV/EBITDA 9.30 10.65 8.20
EV/Sales 0.55 0.95 0.85
Earnings yield 4.53% 3.38% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 24.35% 6.37% 6.05%

Profitability

Metric FLO JJSF Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 48.63% 31.25% 27.54%
Operating margin 2.74% 3.95% 0.00%
Net margin 1.06% 3.23% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 5.87% 6.06% 2.56%
Return on equity 4.01% 5.29% 0.00%
Return on assets 1.29% 3.56% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 3.03% 4.38% 0.00%

Growth

Metric FLO JJSF Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.46% (4.69%) 5.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (65.81%) (24.49%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.68% 9.15% 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (11.26%) 29.08% 0.00%

Health

Metric FLO JJSF Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity 1.27 0.03 0.26
Current ratio 0.77 2.34 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 5.11 (0.66) 0.87

Dividend

Metric FLO JJSF Packaged Foods median
Dividend yield 3.99% 1.97% 3.21%
Payout ratio 0.85 0.82 0.00

Size

Metric FLO JJSF Packaged Foods median
Market cap 1.24b 1.44b 245.45m

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