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John B. Sanfilippo & Son

JBSS
49
Packaged Foods · Consumer Defensive
Price
$73.72
-2.04 (-2.69%)
Market Cap
$861.8M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
49
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 25, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+1.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 11.6M (2022) → 11.8M (2026)

Winston Score History

The full picture

John B. Sanfilippo & Son is a food company that grows, processes, and sells nuts and nut-based snacks. Its products include roasted peanuts, cashews, almonds, walnuts, pecans, and trail mixes sold under brand names like Fisher, Orchard Valley Harvest, and Southern Style Nuts. The company sells to grocery stores, mass retailers like Walmart and Target, and club stores like Costco across the United States.

The company makes money by selling packaged nuts both under its own brands and as private-label products for retailers who put their own store brand on the packaging. It operates primarily in the US and generates roughly $1 billion in annual revenue. Its competitive position comes from long-standing retailer relationships and low-cost processing scale, but its margins are thin and vulnerable to swings in commodity nut prices, which it does not fully control. Managing input cost volatility while growing its branded business remains the central challenge for the company going forward.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+4.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-38.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

2.2%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$30M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

John B. Sanfilippo & Son is growing revenue at 4% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
15.7%
Thin — 15.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
3.8%
Thin — 3.8% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
18.6%
Strong — 18.6% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+6.2%
Slow sales growth (+6.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+4.5%
Modest earnings growth (+4.5% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
200%
Turns 200% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
3.0%
Thin free cash flow (3.0%)

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

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.23
Conservative — low debt load (0.23)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
35.80x
Comfortably covers interest (35.8x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
13.9x
Attractive valuation — P/E 13.9

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-0.7
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
4.83%
Healthy income — 4.83% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-9.1%
Dividend cut (-9.1% YoY) — warning sign

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