J&J Snack Foods
JJSF on Nasdaq. J & J Snack Foods sells snacks and frozen drinks to stores and restaurants. Market value $1.5bn.
Price checks use the past 12 months to June 2026. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to September 2025.
Should I look at this?
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Why it could be worth it
What to watch out for
Nothing stood out in the numbers we check.
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For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $6.20 of spare cash in the past 12 months. A savings account pays about $4.
You pay 24.1 years of operating profit for the business. The average large US company costs around 18.
Each dollar kept in the business earns 10 cents a year. Above 10 is good.
Quality score: 77 of 100. Price score: 62 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.
$79.44 a share, 15% above its 1-year low
Over the past year the price has ranged from $68.87 to $98.63.
Dividend: 4.1% a year
Paid every year for at least 5 years
Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).
Five years of cash, in billions
| Revenue | |||||
| Revenue | $1.1bn | $1.4bn | $1.6bn | $1.6bn | $1.6bn |
| Operating margin | |||||
| Operating margin | 6.2% | 4.5% | 7.0% | 7.5% | 5.3% |
| Debt to equity | |||||
| Debt to equity | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Shares outstanding | |||||
| Shares outstanding | 0.02bn | 0.02bn | 0.02bn | 0.02bn | 0.02bn |
Health checks
- Free cash flow positive4 of 5 years
- Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Nothing unusual
- Financial strength (Piotroski)6 of 9
- Profit backed by cash (accruals)Yes
- Debt0.00× equity
- Revenue growth, five yearsSlow, 9.1% a year
- Buying back its own sharesYes, 3% fewer since 2021
The quarter to June 2026
How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
- Sales: $426 million last quarter, down 6% on a year ago.
- Profit: $35 million, down 20% on a year ago.
- It keeps 4 cents of each $1 of sales as operating profit, down from 7 cents a year earlier.
- Spare cash over the past 12 months: $92 million, up from $67 million.
- 4% fewer shares than a year ago. Each share owns a bit more of the company.
- It has $34 million more cash than debt, down from $75 million a year ago.
- Sales did not grow on a year ago in any of the last 4 quarters.
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | $427m |
| December 2024 | $363m |
| March 2025 | $356m |
| June 2025 | $454m |
| September 2025 | $410m |
| December 2025 | $344m |
| March 2026 | $345m |
| June 2026 | $426m |
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | $30m |
| December 2024 | $5m |
| March 2025 | $5m |
| June 2025 | $44m |
| September 2025 | $11m |
| December 2025 | $883,000 |
| March 2026 | $2m |
| June 2026 | $35m |
From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.
Dates
- Next results (estimated)
- n/a
- Last annual report (10-K)
- 26 November 2025
- Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
- 5 November 2026
Who owns it
3 long-term investors we follow own it, unchanged from 3 last quarter. 251 funds in all.
- GAMCO InvestorsMario Gabelli
- Value
- $3m
- Share of fund
- <0.1%
| Fund | Value | Share of that fund | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royce & AssociatesChuck Royce | $16m | 0.1% | Cut |
| GAMCO InvestorsMario Gabelli | $3m | <0.1% | |
| Gotham Asset ManagementJoel Greenblatt | $861,348 | <0.1% | Cut |
Largest holders overall
- BlackRock$176mAdded
- Allspring Global Investments Holdings$102mCut
- Vanguard Portfolio Management$77mCut
- Dimensional Fund Advisors LP$51mAdded
- Vanguard Capital Management$47mCut
- State Street$46mAdded
- Geode Capital Management$30mAdded
- Invesco$24mAdded
- Goldman Sachs Group$22mAdded
- AQR Capital Management$22mAdded
From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Big holders and activists
4 investors own more than 5%.
- BlackRock, Inc.Passive investor11.2%Since 30 September 2025
- Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLCPassive investor7.1%Since 30 June 2026
- Vanguard Portfolio ManagementPassive investor5.8%Since 31 March 2026
- Macquarie Group LimitedPassive investorat least 4.5%−1.0 pts(filed with 2 related holders)Since 30 September 2025
- The Vanguard GroupPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 13 March 2026
| Holder | Stake | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|
BlackRock, Inc. Passive investor | 11.2% | 30 September 2025 | |
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC Passive investor | 7.1% | 30 June 2026 | |
Vanguard Portfolio Management Passive investor | 5.8% | 31 March 2026 | |
Macquarie Group Limited Passive investor | at least 4.5%−1.0 pts (filed with 2 related holders) | 30 September 2025 | |
The Vanguard Group Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 13 March 2026 |
From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.
What insiders did
In the last 12 months, 1 insider bought $48,902 of shares on the open market.
- Ciaramello Kathleen EDirectorBought
- Date
- 20 November 2025
- Shares
- 540
- Price
- $90.56
- Value
- $48,902
| Date | Who | Did | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 November 2025 | Ciaramello Kathleen E Director | Bought | 540 | $90.56 | $48,902 |
From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.
Warning signs in its filings
Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.
None of the warning signs we check for were found.
We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.
We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 26 Nov 2025, plus the 10-Q filed 6 Aug 2026 and 5 later 8-Ks.
A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.
What could go wrong
Cheap for a reason is the question the numbers cannot answer.
Whether the price already reflects the risks is what the deep dive is for.
What changed in the risks this year
Companies must list what could hurt them each year. These are the parts that changed since last year’s report.
Our business, results of operations, and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected by changes in consumer behavior…
Could happenOur business, results of operations, and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected by changes in consumer behavior arising from the increased use of prescription weight-loss therapies, including GLP-1 and related drugs. These therapies can suppress appetite and change food preferences and consumption patterns, which could reduce demand for food categories we sell. This reduction in demand could adversely affect our results of operations and growth prospects.
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Could happenU.S. trade policies, including the imposition of tariffs, and potential related actions by other countries are outside of our control and may affect our results of operations. Recently, the United States announced tariffs on imports from a broad range of countries which we anticipate will cause inflationary pressures, possible retaliatory tariffs and higher costs on certain of our raw materials and packaging imported from the affected countries. If maintained, the announced U.S. tariffs, as well as related measures that could be taken by other countries, could affect our results of operations.
Read moreFederal or state actions targeting specific food ingredients (including bans or phase-outs of certain dyes, preservatives or processing…
Could happenFederal or state actions targeting specific food ingredients (including bans or phase-outs of certain dyes, preservatives or processing aids) – or actions that incentivize removal of those ingredients – could require us to reformulate existing products, incur higher ingredient or manufacturing costs, reduce shelf life, or change product functionality and taste. These changes could result in lost sales, customer dissatisfaction, increased recall risk or material expenses. Further, new rules requiring front-of-pack nutrition labels, warnings, or expanded ingredient disclosures may require redesign of packaging, increase unit costs, and influence consumer purchase decisions. These requirements may restrict certain claims we make and could lead to product delisting or store exclusion in some channels.
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The deep dive
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