Freshpet vs J&J Snack Foods
J&J Snack Foods reported revenue of $1.6 billion in fiscal 2025, 1.4 times Freshpet's $1.1 billion in fiscal 2025. Freshpet's revenue grew 13.0% in its latest year, and J&J Snack Foods' grew 0.5%. Freshpet had an operating margin of 6.9%, against 5.3% at J&J Snack Foods. Free cash flow was $12 million at Freshpet and $82 million at J&J Snack Foods. Their fiscal years end in different months (December 31 and September 27), so the periods don't line up exactly.
Side by side
| Freshpet | J&J Snack Foods | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Sep 27, 2025 |
| Revenue | $1.1B | $1.6B |
| Revenue growth | 13.0% | 0.5% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 28.2% | 9.1% |
| Gross margin | 40.8% | 29.7% |
| Operating margin | 6.9% | 5.3% |
| Net margin | 12.6% | 4.1% |
| Free cash flow | $12M | $82M |
| Free cash flow margin | 1.1% | 5.2% |
| Return on capital | 5.9% | 7.3% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 0.9x | −0.7x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0M | $69M |
| Change in diluted share count | 11.5% | 0.5% |
| Last close | $64.75 | $83.02 |
| P/E at the last close | 17.0× | 31.8× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | bought $572,944, sold $37.0 million | bought $48,902, sold $0 |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 of 9 | 4 of 9 |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
Ten years
Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
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Operating margin
Percent of revenue
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Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Freshpet and J&J Snack Foods pages.