J&J Snack Foods

JJSF

Packaged Foods · Consumer Defensive

Price

$76.68

-1.61 (-2.06%)

Market Cap

$1.44B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+2.2% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 19.1M (2021) → 19.5M (2025)

J&J Snack Foods Corp. manufactures, markets, and distributes nutritional snack foods and beverages to the food service and retail supermarket industries in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. It operates in three segments: Food Service, Retail Supermarkets, and Frozen Beverages. The company offers soft pretzels under the SUPERPRETZEL, PRETZEL FILLERS, PRETZELFILS, GOURMET TWISTS, MR. TWISTER, SOFT PRETZEL BITES, SOFTSTIX, SOFT PRETZEL BUNS, TEXAS TWIST, BAVARIAN BAKERY, SUPERPRETZEL BAVARIAN,

Winston Score History

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Quality

Gross Margin

28.4%

Modest — 28.4% gross margin

Operating Margin

1.9%

Thin — 1.9% operating margin

ROCE

0.7%

Weak — 0.7% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-0.3%

Shrinking sales (-0.3% YoY)

EPS YoY

-22.5%

Earnings shrinking (-22.5% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

234%

Turns 234% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

4.2%

Thin free cash flow (4.2%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.06

Conservative — low debt load (0.06)

Interest Cover

53.47x

Comfortably covers interest (53.5x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

24.0x

Growth-priced — P/E 24.0

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+4.8

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (24.0 → 19.2)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

4.21%

Healthy income — 4.21% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend Growth

+2.6%

Dividend flat

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