Both in Food & Tobacco

The Marzetti vs J&J Snack Foods

Over the past year MZTI returned −29.9% and JJSF returned +4.9%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.47.

MZTI −29.9% JJSF +4.9%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMZTIJJSF
Price$110.93$89.18
Market cap$3.03B$1.67B
Today+1.08%+4.44%
1 month+11.5%+14.0%
6 months−4.6%+5.7%
Year to date−32.5%−1.3%
1 year−29.3%+2.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)—−6.2%
Gross margin24.5%35.5%
Net margin10.4%8.3%
P/E (TTM)15.8×33.8×
Price / sales1.6×1.1×
Net cash-$174.2M$33.5M
Dividend yield3.61%3.59%
Volatility (60d)29.0%25.2%
Short % of float10.9%6.1%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).