Herbalife Ltd (HLF) vs J & J Snack Foods Corp. (JJSF)

Herbalife Ltd 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 $1.3B — 1.1× the size. Herbalife Ltd trades at the lower P/E: 7.8× against 29.6×. Herbalife Ltd grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.52% against −4.69%. J & J Snack Foods Corp. has the higher net margin (3.23% vs 3.16%) and the lower return on invested capital (4.38% vs 26.1%). Across the 21 metrics below, Herbalife Ltd leads on 15 and J & J Snack Foods Corp. on 6.

Valuation

Metric HLF JJSF Packaged Foods median
P/E 7.84 29.58 12.69
P/S 0.25 0.95 0.61
P/B n/m 1.63 1.47
Price to free cash flow 4.07 15.70 8.50
EV/EBITDA 4.82 10.65 8.20
EV/Sales 0.57 0.95 0.85
Earnings yield 12.75% 3.38% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 24.58% 6.37% 6.05%

Profitability

Metric HLF JJSF Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 77.70% 31.25% 27.54%
Operating margin 9.47% 3.95% 0.00%
Net margin 3.16% 3.23% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 6.20% 6.06% 2.56%
Return on equity (29.29%) 5.29% 0.00%
Return on assets 5.87% 3.56% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 26.11% 4.38% 0.00%

Growth

Metric HLF JJSF Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.52% (4.69%) 5.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (12.00%) (24.49%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.89%) 9.15% 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (9.33%) 29.08% 0.00%

Health

Metric HLF JJSF Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity (4.32) 0.03 0.26
Current ratio 1.20 2.34 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 2.72 (0.66) 0.87

Dividend

Metric HLF JJSF Packaged Foods median
Dividend yield — 1.97% 3.21%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.82 0.00

Size

Metric HLF JJSF Packaged Foods median
Market cap 1.28b 1.44b 245.45m

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