John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol JBSS, is a consumer defensive food company specializing in nuts, peanuts, and adjacent snack and ingredient categories. The business traces its origins to 1922, when Gaspare Sanfilippo and his son John established a small ...John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol JBSS, is a consumer defensive food company specializing in nuts, peanuts, and adjacent snack and ingredient categories. The business traces its origins to 1922, when Gaspare Sanfilippo and his son John established a small pecan-shelling operation in Chicago. Over time, the company developed into a large-scale processor and distributor serving customers throughout the United States, with headquarters in Elgin, Illinois.
The company’s core activities cover sourcing, procurement, processing, roasting, seasoning, packaging, marketing, and distribution. Its product portfolio includes almonds, pecans, peanuts, walnuts, cashews, macadamia nuts, pistachios, pine nuts, Brazil nuts, filberts, and other tree nuts. Products are sold raw, roasted, salted, flavored, coated, or incorporated into snack and ingredient formats. Additional offerings include peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter, trail mixes, dried fruit, snack bites, sunflower kernels, pepitas, candies, corn and chickpea snacks, sesame sticks, salad toppings, baking ingredients, bulk foods, and toppings for ice cream and yogurt.
JBSS reaches consumers through a combination of proprietary brands and private-label programs. Fisher is its best-known brand and is associated with retail nuts and baking products. Orchard Valley Harvest, Squirrel Brand, and Southern Style Nuts extend the company’s presence across snack, premium, and regional product categories. The company also serves retailers, wholesalers, commercial food manufacturers, foodservice customers, and businesses seeking contract packaging or customized ingredient solutions. Independent brokers, distributors, suppliers, and the company’s own sales and distribution infrastructure support market access. JBSS also operates the Fisher Nuts Store in Illinois, providing a direct retail channel.
From a cost and bill-of-materials perspective, the most important inputs are raw nuts, peanuts, seeds, dried fruits, coatings, seasonings, sweeteners, packaging materials, energy, labor, freight, and warehousing. Agricultural commodity prices, crop yields, weather, import conditions, tariffs, foreign exchange, transportation expenses, and packaging costs can materially affect gross margins. The company’s processing scale, sourcing relationships, product formulation, brand portfolio, and private-label capabilities help it manage these pressures, although the business remains exposed to commodity and consumer-demand volatility.
The supplied trailing-twelve-month information indicates approximately $1.0 billion in market capitalization, a gross margin of about 18.5%, an EBITDA margin of roughly 10.9%, an EBIT margin of approximately 8.0%, and a net profit margin near 5.8%. Reported return on equity is approximately 18.1%, while the debt-to-equity ratio is about 0.25, indicating moderate financial leverage. The current ratio is approximately 2.3, although the quick ratio is lower because inventory is a significant component of working capital. Inventory and receivables are central to the operating model, reflecting the need to hold agricultural inputs and finished goods for large retail and commercial customers.
Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo is identified as chairman and chief executive officer. According to the supplied leadership information, he is scheduled to transition to Executive Chairman effective October 1, 2026. JBSS employs approximately 1,900 people. Its strategic priorities include maintaining reliable nut sourcing, expanding branded and private-label products, improving manufacturing and distribution efficiency, supporting innovation in snacks and ingredients, and preserving profitability while managing commodity, labor, freight, and retail-channel pressures.
YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength.
QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes.
RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three).
$1.2B
+6.2%
-0.5%
Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day.
$61.9M
+5.1%
-50.1%
Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials.
+18.0%
-2.3%
-17.5%
Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on).
+7.4%
-3.3%
-53.4%
Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales.
+5.3%
-1.0%
-49.9%
Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock.
$35.7M
+277.3%
+146.2%
FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine.
+3.0%
+266.9%
+146.4%
Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe.
28.8%
+1.6%
+13.5%
Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking.
2.08x
-6.3%
-9.5%
Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground.
Operator: Good day, and welcome to the John B. Sanfilippo and Sons Inc. Fourth Quarter and Full Year 26 Operating Results Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers' presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. To ask a question, you will need to press *11 on your touch tone telephone. Please note this call may be recorded. I would like to turn the call over to Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo, chief executive officer. Please go ahead.
Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo: Thank you, Michael. Good morning, everyone. And welcome to our fiscal 2026 fourth quarter earnings conference call. Thank you for joining us. On the call with me today is Frank S. Pellegrino, our CFO; and Jasper Sanfilippo, our COO. We may make some forward-looking statements today. These statements are based on our current expectations as they involve certain risks and uncertainties. The factors that could negatively impact results are explained in the various SEC filings that we have made Including Forms 10 ks and 10 Q. We encourage you to refer to the filings to learn more about these risks and uncertainties are inherent in our business. Now I will turn to results. I am pleased to report on a strong fiscal 2026 with net sales reaching a record $1.2 billion and diluted earnings per share increasing 4.6% for the full year. Achieving record net sales and earnings growth in a challenging consumer and cost environment is a testament to the strength of our business the dedication of our team, and the depth of our customer relationships. In addition, we remain committed to returning capital to our shareholders. During the 2026 calendar year, we increased our annual dividend by 5.6% to $0.95 per share and declared a special dividend of $1.05 per share representing a 75% increase from the prior year Both dividends will be paid on 09/09/2026 bringing total dividends paid during the 2026 calendar year to $3.50 per share. This year marks our 15th consecutive year of returning capital to shareholders through dividends and the 9th consecutive year of increasing our annual dividend, reflecting the strength of our balance sheet, our consistent cash generation, and our ongoing commitment to creating long term shareholder value. While our bottom line results for the most recent fourth quarter did not match last year's results, we were encouraged to see a return to growth in our company wide sales volume. After 5 consecutive quarters of decline. Fourth quarter profitability was impacted by several challenges including higher than anticipated input and transportation costs manufacturing inefficiencies associated with the continued onboarding of a large contract manufacturing customer and certain customer related charges, We are actively responding to these increased costs executing mitigation plans to manage unexpected customer charges, and improving operational efficiencies as we move into fiscal 2027. There are 3 key priorities for JBSS in the coming …