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John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (JBSS) vs Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY)

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. and Lifeway Foods, Inc. are both Packaged Foods companies. John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $637.5M against $335.4M — 1.9× the size. John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 11.3× against 30.7×. Lifeway Foods, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 25.6% against 3.13%. John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.84% vs 4.48%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.7% vs 9.89%). Across the 21 metrics below, John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. leads on 12 and Lifeway Foods, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric JBSS LWAY Packaged Foods median
P/E 11.33 30.72 12.84
P/S 0.55 1.38 0.67
P/B 1.73 3.97 1.58
Price to free cash flow 21.05 n/m 8.97
EV/EBITDA 6.47 17.65 8.34
EV/Sales 0.64 1.46 0.97
Earnings yield 8.83% 3.25% 2.16%
Free cash flow yield 4.75% (9.21%) 5.54%

Profitability

Metric JBSS LWAY Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 17.68% 25.64% 28.37%
Operating margin 7.00% 6.49% 2.53%
Net margin 4.84% 4.48% 0.53%
Free cash flow margin 2.61% (12.74%) 2.31%
Return on equity 15.37% 13.32% 0.00%
Return on assets 8.87% 9.43% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 10.73% 9.89% 0.00%

Growth

Metric JBSS LWAY Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.13% 25.59% 3.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 4.57% 48.33% 4.57%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.49% 15.81% 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.72% 33.80% 0.00%

Health

Metric JBSS LWAY Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity 0.29 0.26 0.18
Current ratio 1.96 2.09 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 0.67 (0.28) 0.73

Dividend

Metric JBSS LWAY Packaged Foods median
Dividend yield 1.74% — 3.68%
Payout ratio 0.20 — 0.62

Size

Metric JBSS LWAY Packaged Foods median
Market cap 637.53m 335.37m 268.23m

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