John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (JBSS) Stock

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (JBSS) is a Consumer Staples stock trading at $73.80 (as of 2026-08-21), with a market capitalization of $869.17M and a trailing P/E of 11.8. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., through its subsidiary, JBSS Ventures, LLC, processes and distributes tree nuts and peanuts in the United States. The company offers raw and processed nuts, including almonds, pecans, peanuts, black walnuts, English walnuts, cashews, macadamia nuts, pistachios, pine nuts, Brazil nuts, and filberts in various styles and seasonings. It also offers peanut butter in various sizes and varieties; snack and trail mixes, salad toppings, snacks, snack bites, dried fruit, and chocolate and yogurt coated products; baking ingredients; bulk food products; sunflower kernels, pepitas, almond and cashew butter, candy and confections, corn snacks, chickpea snacks, sesame sticks, and other sesame snack products; and various toppings for ice cream and yogurt. In addition, the company operates a retail store. The company provides its products under the Fisher, Orchard Valley Harvest, Squirrel Brand, and Southern Style Nuts brands, as well as under various private brands. It serves retailers and wholesalers, and commercial ingredient and contract packaging customers through a network of independent brokers, distributors, and suppliers. John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Elgin, Illinois.

Understand John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.: how it makes money

John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS) processes and distributes tree nuts, peanuts, peanut butter, and snack foods in the United States, making money by selling these processed food products to customers through its distribution channels.

JBSSs profit model is driven by how many pounds it sells and what it can charge per pound, since both sales volume and weighted average selling price per pound are tracked as key operating indicators, with private brand mix in the consumer distribution channel also an important factor.

Revenue by segment (latest quarter)
Snack Foods$0.3B
Lakeville$0.0B

Business quality (Weak): The provided data links performance to two clear operating drivers (pounds sold and selling price), and shows a high private brand mix, but the segment detail available here is limited, so other margin drivers beyond volume and price cannot be fully validated.

Valuation: At 14× earnings, JBSS trades 48% below the Food Products average (26×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • High private brand mix in consumer distribution channel: Private Brand Mix in Consumer Distribution Channel is 88.0 percent.
  • Acquisition contributes incremental volume: Lakeville Acquisition Incremental Sales Volume is 18.1 million pounds (18100000.0).

Bear case

  • Demand pressure shows up in volume: Sales Volume Decline (Pounds Sold to Customers) is 9.7 percent.
  • Pricing headwind: Weighted Average Selling Price per Pound Decline is 8.3 percent.
  • Notable product segment softness in volume: Fisher Snack Nuts Sales Volume Decrease is 15.7 percent, and Recipe Nuts Segment Pound Sales Decrease is -6.0 percent.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$73.80
Market Cap$869.17M
P/E Ratio11.8
EV / EBITDA6.0
Price / Book2.29
Price / Sales0.75
FCF Yield4.3%
DCF Value (model)$158.31
DCF Upside vs Price114.5%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$1.18B
Net Margin5.3%
Revenue Growth (YoY)6.2%
EPS Growth (YoY)4.5%
FCF Growth (YoY)-277.3%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score4.94 (safe)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E11.8
Sector P/E (Consumer Staples)26.7
Industry P/E (Food Products)26.1
vs Sector-55.8%
vs Industry-54.8%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderBlackRock, Inc. ($112.30M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Company
SectorConsumer Staples
IndustryFood Products
CEOJeffrey T. Sanfilippo
Employees1,800
CountryUS
IPO Date1991-12-04

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Data as of 2026-08-21.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.