Snack food company J&J Snack Foods (NASDAQ:JJSF) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales falling 1% year on year to $356.1 million. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.35 per share was 48.5% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
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Revenue: $356.1 million vs analyst estimates of $367.8 million (1% year-on-year decline, 3.2% miss)
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Adjusted EPS: $0.35 vs analyst expectations of $0.68 (48.5% miss)
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Adjusted EBITDA: $26.2 million vs analyst estimates of $35.69 million (7.4% margin, 26.6% miss)
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Operating Margin: 1.7%, down from 5% in the same quarter last year
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Free Cash Flow was $8.94 million, up from -$3.95 million in the same quarter last year
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Market Capitalization: $2.57 billion
Dan Fachner, J&J Snack Foods Chairman, President, and CEO stated, “J & J Snack Foods total net sales for our fiscal second quarter declined 1.0% to $356.1 million as compared to the prior year quarter, which primarily was driven by lower sales in our Frozen Beverage and Food Service segments, partly offset by growth in our Retail business.”
Best known for its SuperPretzel soft pretzels and ICEE frozen drinks, J&J Snack Foods (NASDAQ:JJSF) produces a range of snacks and beverages and distributes them primarily to supermarket and food service customers.
Examining a company’s long-term performance can provide clues about its quality. Any business can put up a good quarter or two, but the best consistently grow over the long haul.
With $1.59 billion in revenue over the past 12 months, J&J Snack Foods is a small consumer staples company, which sometimes brings disadvantages compared to larger competitors benefiting from economies of scale and negotiating leverage with retailers. On the bright side, it can grow faster because it has a longer list of untapped store chains to sell into.
As you can see below, J&J Snack Foods’s sales grew at a decent 8.3% compounded annual growth rate over the last three years. This shows its offerings generated slightly more demand than the average consumer staples company, a useful starting point for our analysis.
This quarter, J&J Snack Foods missed Wall Street’s estimates and reported a rather uninspiring 1% year-on-year revenue decline, generating $356.1 million of revenue.
Looking ahead, sell-side analysts expect revenue to grow 4.6% over the next 12 months, a deceleration versus the last three years. This projection doesn’t excite us and indicates its products will face some demand challenges.
