JJSF vs. WDFC, SAM, NWL, NOMD, TBBB, UTZ, GO, BRFS, SMPL, and HELE
Should you be buying J&J Snack Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J&J Snack Foods include WD-40 (WDFC), Boston Beer (SAM), Newell Brands (NWL), Nomad Foods (NOMD), BBB Foods (TBBB), Utz Brands (UTZ), Grocery Outlet (GO), BRF (BRFS), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), and Helen of Troy (HELE). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
J&J Snack Foods (NASDAQ:JJSF) and WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.
J&J Snack Foods has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WD-40 has a beta of -0.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, J&J Snack Foods had 18 more articles in the media than WD-40. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for J&J Snack Foods and 6 mentions for WD-40. J&J Snack Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat WD-40's score of 0.19 indicating that J&J Snack Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
J&J Snack Foods has higher revenue and earnings than WD-40. J&J Snack Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WD-40, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
J&J Snack Foods presently has a consensus price target of $195.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.71%. WD-40 has a consensus price target of $313.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.96%. Given WD-40's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe WD-40 is more favorable than J&J Snack Foods.
WD-40 has a net margin of 12.19% compared to J&J Snack Foods' net margin of 5.11%. WD-40's return on equity of 32.30% beat J&J Snack Foods' return on equity.
J&J Snack Foods pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. WD-40 pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. J&J Snack Foods pays out 71.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WD-40 pays out 70.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
J&J Snack Foods received 26 more outperform votes than WD-40 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.30% of users gave J&J Snack Foods an outperform vote while only 53.08% of users gave WD-40 an outperform vote.
76.0% of J&J Snack Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of WD-40 shares are held by institutional investors. 22.2% of J&J Snack Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of WD-40 shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
J&J Snack Foods and WD-40 tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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