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Jbs N.V.

JBS
43
Food Distribution · Consumer Defensive
Winston Score
43
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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

JBS N.V. is one of the largest meat processing companies in the world. It buys livestock — mainly cattle, pigs, and chickens — and turns them into beef, pork, and poultry products sold to grocery stores, restaurants, and food companies. The company owns well-known brands like Pilgrim's Pride, Seara, and Friboi across multiple countries.

JBS makes money by buying animals, processing them into packaged meat, and selling those products at a markup. It operates across Brazil, the United States, Australia, Europe, and other regions, generating over $70 billion in annual revenue, which makes it one of the biggest food companies on earth. Its scale gives it a cost advantage over smaller competitors, but the business faces real risks from volatile cattle and feed prices, thin profit margins, and ongoing regulatory and food safety scrutiny that can disrupt operations quickly.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-2.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-18.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

66.5%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~7 months

$17.0B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Jbs N.V. has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin
10.4%
Thin — 10.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
2.2%
Thin — 2.2% operating margin
ROCE
1.6%
Weak — 1.6% 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
+8.0%
Steady sales growth (8.0% YoY)
EPS YoY
+6.3%
Modest earnings growth (6.3% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
111%
Turns 111% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
-0.0%
Burning cash (-0.0%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
2.64
Heavy debt load (2.64)
Interest Cover
2.80x
Tight — interest eats into profit (2.8x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
2.3x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 2.3

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward
+0.6
GROWING
Earnings roughly flat

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
8.36%
no trend
Healthy income — 8.36% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend Growth
+76.3%
no trend
Dividend growing fast (76.3% YoY)

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