J&J Snack Foods
JJSF · Packaged Foods & Meats
$83.67
1.4%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 $1.6B for J&J Snack Foods.
- Marzetti grew revenue faster (1.1%, against 0.5%).
- Marzetti kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (12.4% operating margin, against 5.3% operating margin).
- Marzetti turned more of its sales into free cash flow (10.7% FCF margin, against 5.2% FCF margin).
- Marzetti earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (18.2%, against 7.3%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of J&J Snack Foods’s earnings: a P/E of 32.1x against 15.6x for Marzetti.
| Latest fiscal year | JJSF · FY25 | MZTI · FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $1.6B | $3.0B |
| Revenue | $1.6B | $1.9B |
| Free cash flow | $82.3M | $206M |
| Net income | $65.6M | $192M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 0.5% | 1.1% |
| 5-year growth | 9.2% | 5.6% |
| Share count change | 0.5% | −0.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 29.7% | 24.7% |
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 12.4% |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 9.9% |
| FCF margin | 5.2% | 10.7% |
| Return on capital | 7.3% | 18.2% |
| Return on equity | 6.8% | 18.7% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$104M | $185M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.7x | 0.6x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $68.8M | $145M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 32.1x | 15.6x |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 6 |
FY17
JJSF $1.1B
MZTI $1.2B
FY18
JJSF $1.1B
MZTI $1.2B
FY19
JJSF $1.2B
MZTI $1.3B
FY20
JJSF $1.0B
MZTI $1.3B
FY21
JJSF $1.1B
MZTI $1.5B
FY22
JJSF $1.4B
MZTI $1.7B
FY23
JJSF $1.6B
MZTI $1.8B
FY24
JJSF $1.6B
MZTI $1.9B
FY25
JJSF $1.6B
MZTI $1.9B
FY26
JJSF —
MZTI $1.9B
JJSF
MZTI
FY17
JJSF 10.9%
MZTI 14.5%
FY18
JJSF 9.7%
MZTI 14.0%
FY19
JJSF 9.9%
MZTI 14.6%
FY20
JJSF 1.7%
MZTI 13.2%
FY21
JJSF 6.2%
MZTI 12.7%
FY22
JJSF 4.5%
MZTI 6.7%
FY23
JJSF 7.0%
MZTI 7.8%
FY24
JJSF 7.5%
MZTI 10.7%
FY25
JJSF 5.3%
MZTI 11.5%
FY26
JJSF —
MZTI 12.4%
JJSF
MZTI
FY17
JJSF $53.2M
MZTI $119M
FY18
JJSF $63.3M
MZTI $130M
FY19
JJSF $90.4M
MZTI $127M
FY20
JJSF $34.3M
MZTI $88.1M
FY21
JJSF $47.9M
MZTI $86.3M
FY22
JJSF −$61.2M
MZTI −$30.2M
FY23
JJSF $67.5M
MZTI $136M
FY24
JJSF $99.5M
MZTI $184M
FY25
JJSF $82.3M
MZTI $204M
FY26
JJSF —
MZTI $206M
JJSF
MZTI
FY17
JJSF —
MZTI 27.7%
FY18
JJSF —
MZTI 30.3%
FY19
JJSF —
MZTI 30.1%
FY20
JJSF —
MZTI 24.1%
FY21
JJSF —
MZTI 22.8%
FY22
JJSF 6.5%
MZTI 12.3%
FY23
JJSF 9.1%
MZTI 14.0%
FY24
JJSF 9.6%
MZTI 19.9%
FY25
JJSF 7.3%
MZTI 21.5%
FY26
JJSF —
MZTI 18.2%
JJSF
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