John B. Sanfilippo & Son
JBSS · Packaged Foods & Meats
$67.06
1.8%Marzetti
MZTI · Packaged Foods & Meats
$109.13
2.8%The short version
- Marzetti is the larger business, with $1.9B of revenue in fiscal 2026 against $1.2B for John B. Sanfilippo & Son, about 1.6 times as much.
- John B. Sanfilippo & Son grew revenue faster (6.2%, against 1.1%).
- Marzetti kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (12.4% operating margin, against 7.6% operating margin).
- Marzetti turned more of its sales into free cash flow (10.7% FCF margin, against 3.0% FCF margin).
- Marzetti earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (18.2%, against 16.6%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Marzetti’s earnings: a P/E of 15.6x against 12.8x for John B. Sanfilippo & Son.
| Latest fiscal year | JBSS · FY26 | MZTI · FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $791M | $3.0B |
| Revenue | $1.2B | $1.9B |
| Free cash flow | $35.8M | $206M |
| Net income | $61.9M | $192M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 6.2% | 1.1% |
| 5-year growth | 6.5% | 5.6% |
| Share count change | 0.5% | −0.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 18.0% | 24.7% |
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 12.4% |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 9.9% |
| FCF margin | 3.0% | 10.7% |
| Return on capital | 16.6% | 18.2% |
| Return on equity | 16.7% | 18.7% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $48.5M | $185M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.4x | 0.6x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $46.8M | $145M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 12.8x | 15.6x |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 6 |
FY17
JBSS $847M
MZTI $1.2B
FY18
JBSS $889M
MZTI $1.2B
FY19
JBSS $876M
MZTI $1.3B
FY20
JBSS $880M
MZTI $1.3B
FY21
JBSS $859M
MZTI $1.5B
FY22
JBSS $956M
MZTI $1.7B
FY23
JBSS $1,000M
MZTI $1.8B
FY24
JBSS $1.1B
MZTI $1.9B
FY25
JBSS $1.1B
MZTI $1.9B
FY26
JBSS $1.2B
MZTI $1.9B
JBSS
MZTI
FY17
JBSS 7.1%
MZTI 14.5%
FY18
JBSS 6.3%
MZTI 14.0%
FY19
JBSS 6.7%
MZTI 14.6%
FY20
JBSS 8.9%
MZTI 13.2%
FY21
JBSS 9.9%
MZTI 12.7%
FY22
JBSS 9.2%
MZTI 6.7%
FY23
JBSS 9.0%
MZTI 7.8%
FY24
JBSS 8.0%
MZTI 10.7%
FY25
JBSS 7.7%
MZTI 11.5%
FY26
JBSS 7.6%
MZTI 12.4%
JBSS
MZTI
FY17
JBSS $41.8M
MZTI $119M
FY18
JBSS $52.9M
MZTI $130M
FY19
JBSS $68.4M
MZTI $127M
FY20
JBSS $48.6M
MZTI $88.1M
FY21
JBSS $79.5M
MZTI $86.3M
FY22
JBSS $1.9M
MZTI −$30.2M
FY23
JBSS $104M
MZTI $136M
FY24
JBSS $73.4M
MZTI $184M
FY25
JBSS −$20.2M
MZTI $204M
FY26
JBSS $35.8M
MZTI $206M
JBSS
MZTI
FY17
JBSS 14.9%
MZTI 27.7%
FY18
JBSS 13.8%
MZTI 30.3%
FY19
JBSS 15.8%
MZTI 30.1%
FY20
JBSS 21.8%
MZTI 24.1%
FY21
JBSS 24.8%
MZTI 22.8%
FY22
JBSS 24.2%
MZTI 12.3%
FY23
JBSS 22.6%
MZTI 14.0%
FY24
JBSS 20.5%
MZTI 19.9%
FY25
JBSS 18.2%
MZTI 21.5%
FY26
JBSS 16.6%
MZTI 18.2%
JBSS
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