J&J SNACK FOODS CORP (JJSF) has a current P/E ratio of 24.3, compared to its historical median P/E of 33.9. The stock is currently considered Cheap based on its historical valuation range.
J&J SNACK FOODS CORP (JJSF) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 8.7%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
J&J SNACK FOODS CORP (JJSF) has a market capitalization of $1.4B. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
Yes, J&J SNACK FOODS CORP (JJSF) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 4.27%. The company also returns capital through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 4.67%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, J&J SNACK FOODS CORP (JJSF) appears cheap. The current P/E of 24.3 is 28% below its historical median of 33.9. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is 4.5%.
J&J SNACK FOODS CORP (JJSF) operates in the Cookies & Crackers industry, within the Consumer Defensive sector.
J&J SNACK FOODS CORP (JJSF) reported annual revenue of $1.6 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
J & J Snack Foods Corp. (the “ Company” or “ J & J”) manufactures snack foods and distributes frozen beverages which it markets nationally to the foodservice and retail supermarket industries. The Company’s principal snack food products are soft pretzels marketed primarily under the brand names SUPERPRETZEL, BRAUHAUS, FEDERAL PRETZEL, and BAVARIAN BAKERY, frozen novelties marketed primarily under the DIPPIN’ DOTS, LUIGI’ S, WHOLE FRUIT, ICEE, DOGSTERS, PHILLY SWIRL and MINUTE MAID* brand names, churros marketed primarily under the ¡ HOLA! brand name, and bakery products sold primarily under the READI-BAKE, COUNTRY HOME, MARY B’ S, DADDY RAY’ S and HILL & VALLEY brand names as well as for private label and contract packing. We believe we are the largest manufacturer of soft pretzels in the United States. Other snack food products include funnel cake sold under THE FUNNEL CAKE FACTORY brand and handheld products sold under smaller brands.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.4B | 1.1B |
| Net Income | 58M | 66M | 87M | 79M | 47M | 56M |
| EPS | $2.99 | $3.36 | $4.45 | $4.08 | $2.46 | $2.91 |
| Free Cash Flow | 90M | 82M | 99M | 68M | -61M | 48M |
| ROIC | 6.7% | 8.2% | 10.6% | 9.6% | 5.4% | 9.6% |
| Gross Margin | 30.6% | 29.7% | 30.9% | 30.1% | 26.8% | 26.1% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.00 |
| Dividends/Share | $3.26 | $0.80 | $2.93 | $2.79 | $2.52 | $2.34 |
| Operating Income | 75M | 84M | 118M | 110M | 62M | 71M |
| Operating Margin | 4.8% | 5.3% | 7.5% | 7.0% | 4.5% | 6.2% |
| ROE | 6.6% | 6.8% | 9.0% | 8.7% | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| Shares Outstanding | 19M | 20M | 19M | 19M | 19M | 19M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
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| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 919M | 976M | 993M | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.4B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.6B |
| Gross Margin | 31.3% | 30.8% | 30.7% | 30.5% | 29.5% | 29.5% | 23.3% | 26.1% | 26.8% | 30.1% | 30.9% | 29.7% | 30.6% |
| R&D | 499K | 506K | 525K | 674K | 623K | 645K | 700K | 619K | 700K | 1.2M | 1.2M | 1.4M | 1.4M |
| SG&A | 30M | 31M | 32M | 37M | 38M | 41M | 37M | 41M | 55M | 75M | 75M | 78M | 81M |
| EBIT | 107M | 111M | 113M | 118M | 111M | 117M | 17M | 71M | 62M | 110M | 118M | 84M | 75M |
| Op. Margin | 11.6% | 11.4% | 11.4% | 10.9% | 9.7% | 9.9% | 1.7% | 6.2% | 4.5% | 7.0% | 7.5% | 5.3% | 4.8% |
| Net Income | 72M | 70M | 76M | 79M | 104M | 95M | 18M | 56M | 47M | 79M | 87M | 66M | 58M |
| Net Margin | 7.8% | 7.2% | 7.7% | 7.3% | 9.1% | 8.0% | 1.8% | 4.9% | 3.4% | 5.1% | 5.5% | 4.1% | 3.7% |
| Non-Recurring | 119K | 334K | 398K | 346K | 912K | 347K | 303K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24M | 24M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 15.5% | 14.8% | 14.5% | 14.2% | 15.9% | 14.1% | 2.4% | 9.6% | 5.4% | 9.6% | 10.6% | 8.2% | 6.7% |
| ROE | 13.3% | 12.1% | 12.3% | 12.0% | 14.4% | 11.9% | 2.2% | 6.6% | 5.5% | 8.7% | 9.0% | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| ROA | 10.6% | 9.7% | 9.9% | 9.6% | 11.5% | 9.7% | 1.8% | 5.0% | 3.9% | 6.2% | 6.3% | 4.8% | 4.4% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 107M | 104M | 121M | 125M | 123M | 147M | 92M | 101M | 26M | 172M | 173M | 165M | 169M |
| Free Cash Flow | 68M | 55M | 73M | 53M | 63M | 90M | 34M | 48M | -61M | 68M | 99M | 82M | 90M |
| Owner Earnings | 68M | 63M | 79M | 80M | 73M | 95M | 35M | 48M | -31M | 104M | 96M | 85M | 87M |
| CapEx | 39M | 49M | 49M | 72M | 60M | 57M | 58M | 54M | 87M | 105M | 74M | 83M | 80M |
| Maint. CapEx | 37M | 38M | 40M | 42M | 46M | 49M | 53M | 49M | 53M | 63M | 71M | 73M | 75M |
| Growth CapEx | 2.3M | 10M | 8.6M | 30M | 14M | 8.5M | 4.8M | 4.2M | 34M | 42M | 3.0M | 9.5M | 4.1M |
| D&A | 37M | 38M | 40M | 42M | 46M | 49M | 53M | 49M | 53M | 63M | 71M | 73M | 75M |
| CapEx/OCF | 36.4% | 46.8% | 40.2% | 57.6% | 48.7% | 38.7% | 62.7% | 52.8% | 334.9% | 60.8% | 42.5% | 50.2% | 47.0% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 21M | 26M | 29M | 31M | 33M | 37M | 42M | 45M | 48M | 54M | 57M | 61M | 61M |
| Dividend Yield | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Share Buybacks | 7.5M | 8.0M | 15M | 18M | 2.8M | 0 | 9.0M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0M | 67M |
| Buyback Yield | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.1% | N/A | 0.4% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.4% | 4.7% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 2.1M | 2.2M | 2.4M | 3.0M | 3.9M | 4.2M | 4.6M | 4.2M | 4.3M | 5.3M | 6.2M | 6.3M | 6.7M |
| Debt Repayment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 225K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | -92M | -134M | -91M | -150M | -133M | -242M | -246M | -290M | 16M | -72M | -146M | -211M | -31M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 92M | 134M | 141M | 91M | 111M | 192M | 196M | 283M | 35M | 50M | 73M | 106M | 60M |
| Long-Term Debt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 718K | 368K | 392K | 55M | 27M | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Debt/Equity | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 |
| Interest Coverage | 929.1 | 880.1 | 917.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 592.9 | 10174.0 | 60.3 | 23.1 | 64.4 | 56.5 | 45.5 |
| Equity | 563M | 600M | 638M | 682M | 759M | 834M | 809M | 846M | 863M | 912M | 957M | 967M | 880M |
| Total Assets | 705M | 740M | 790M | 867M | 938M | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.3B |
| Total Liabilities | 142M | 140M | 153M | 185M | 179M | 186M | 247M | 277M | 354M | 366M | 408M | 415M | 12M |
| Intangibles | 51M | 46M | 42M | 61M | 58M | 55M | 82M | 78M | 192M | 184M | 73M | 67M | 64M |
| Retained Earnings | 536M | 579M | 626M | 674M | 744M | 801M | 776M | 785M | 783M | 807M | 836M | 840M | 813M |
| Working Capital | 180M | 228M | 253M | 263M | 265M | 385M | 365M | 417M | 263M | 255M | 276M | 303M | 226M |
| Current Assets | 276M | 326M | 355M | 382M | 383M | 506M | 500M | 585M | 445M | 430M | 450M | 478M | 433M |
| Current Liabilities | 96M | 97M | 102M | 119M | 118M | 121M | 134M | 168M | 182M | 175M | 174M | 176M | 208M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 3.82 | 3.73 | 4.05 | 4.21 | 5.51 | 5.00 | 0.96 | 2.91 | 2.46 | 4.08 | 4.45 | 3.36 | 2.99 |
| Owner EPS | 3.61 | 3.37 | 4.20 | 4.25 | 3.88 | 4.99 | 1.81 | 2.51 | -1.63 | 5.37 | 4.95 | 4.38 | 4.65 |
| Book Value | 29.92 | 31.88 | 34.01 | 36.28 | 40.37 | 43.97 | 42.45 | 44.25 | 44.95 | 47.13 | 49.20 | 49.52 | 46.93 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 5.70 | 5.52 | 6.46 | 6.67 | 6.56 | 7.78 | 4.83 | 5.31 | 1.36 | 8.91 | 8.90 | 8.46 | 7.12 |
| Dividends/Share | 1.11 | 1.39 | 1.52 | 1.64 | 1.76 | 1.93 | 2.21 | 2.34 | 2.52 | 2.79 | 2.93 | 0.80 | 3.26 |
| Shares Out. | 18.8M | 18.8M | 18.8M | 18.8M | 18.8M | 19.0M | 19.1M | 19.1M | 19.2M | 19.3M | 19.4M | 19.5M | 18.8M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 20.5 | 25.9 | 25.2 | 26.8 | 24.0 | 33.9 | 122.4 | 48.4 | 51.7 | 38.0 | 37.1 | 28.2 | 25.5 |
| P/FCF | 21.7 | 32.9 | 26.4 | 39.9 | 39.2 | 35.6 | 65.3 | 56.2 | N/A | 44.4 | 32.3 | 22.5 | 16.0 |
| EV/EBIT | 12.1 | 14.0 | 15.8 | 16.7 | 21.2 | 25.4 | 116.0 | 33.7 | 39.8 | 26.7 | 26.1 | 19.5 | 18.8 |
| Price/Book | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Price/Sales | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.9 |
| FCF Yield | 4.6% | 3.0% | 3.8% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 1.8% | -2.5% | 2.3% | 3.1% | 4.4% | 6.3% |
| Market Cap | 1.5B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 2.1B | 2.5B | 3.2B | 2.2B | 2.7B | 2.4B | 3.0B | 3.2B | 1.9B | 1.4B |
| Avg. Price | 74.88 | 89.82 | 95.95 | 111.12 | 124.39 | 142.34 | 134.90 | 143.77 | 134.74 | 143.94 | 151.80 | 130.27 | 76.44 |
| Year-End Price | 78.33 | 96.66 | 102.22 | 112.93 | 132.16 | 169.70 | 117.52 | 140.82 | 127.30 | 154.99 | 165.19 | 94.80 | 76.44 |
J&J SNACK FOODS CORP passes 5 of 9 quality checks, suggesting mixed fundamentals.
J&J SNACK FOODS CORP trades at 24.3x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 33.9x, suggesting it is currently Cheap relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 17.5x vs a median of 39.2x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 8.7% with a gross margin of 28.7%. Total shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) is 8.9%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is +5.9%.
J&J SNACK FOODS CORP (JJSF) has a net profit margin of 4.1%. This is a modest margin.
J&J SNACK FOODS CORP (JJSF) generated $82 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
J&J SNACK FOODS CORP (JJSF) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.00. This indicates a conservatively financed balance sheet.
J&J SNACK FOODS CORP (JJSF) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $3.36 in its most recent fiscal year.
J&J SNACK FOODS CORP (JJSF) has a return on equity (ROE) of 6.8%. This indicates moderate shareholder returns.
J&J SNACK FOODS CORP (JJSF) has a 5-year average gross margin of 28.7%. This lower margin is typical of capital-intensive or commodity businesses.
The Ledger Terminal provides 17 years of financial data for J&J SNACK FOODS CORP (JJSF), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
J&J SNACK FOODS CORP (JJSF) has a book value per share of $49.52, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.