Contrasting JBS (JBS) and The Competition

JBS (NYSE:JBS) is one of 330 public companies in the “Food Products” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare JBS to related companies based on the strength of its risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares JBS and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JBS	1.22%	12.00%	2.47%
JBS Competitors	-13.37%	-146.30%	-4.56%

Dividends

JBS pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. JBS pays out 98.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Food Products” companies pay a dividend yield of 11.9% and pay out 31.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. JBS lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Risk and Volatility

JBS has a beta of -1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 267% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JBS’s competitors have a beta of -3.82, suggesting that their average stock price is 482% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for JBS and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JBS	1	1	5	1	2.75
JBS Competitors	2380	8215	8297	402	2.35

JBS presently has a consensus price target of $18.42, suggesting a potential upside of 41.23%. As a group, “Food Products” companies have a potential upside of 12.17%. Given JBS’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe JBS is more favorable than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares JBS and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
JBS	$86.18 billion	$2.02 billion	12.78
JBS Competitors	$13.75 billion	$707.02 million	-2,379.57

JBS has higher revenue and earnings than its competitors. JBS is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

39.0% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 18.1% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

JBS beats its competitors on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

About JBS

JBS N.V., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a protein and food company worldwide. The company offers beef, pork, chicken, poultry, fish, and lamb products; cooked frozen meat; plant based products; and other food products. It also sells leather, leather, hygiene and cleaning products, collagen, metal packaging, biodiesel, and others, as well as wet blue leather, semi-finished, and finished leather products. In addition, the company is involved in beef processing, such as slaughtering, refrigerating, industrializing, and production of canned beef by-products, as well as fish processing; leather production, processing, and commercialization; production and commercialization of steel cans, plastic resin, soap base for production, soap bar, biodiesel, glycerin, olein, oily acid, collagen, and wrapper derived from cattle tripe; industrial waste management; cold storage; and purchase and sale of soybeans, tallow, palm oil, caustic soda, and stearin. Further, it engages in chicken and pork processing, including raising, slaughtering, and processing of broiler chickens and hogs; production and commercialization of beef and food products; production of pet food and concentrates; electric power production, cogeneration, and commercialization; operates distribution centers and harbors; and provides transportation services and dog biscuits. Additionally, it produces beef jerky; offers cattle fattening and warehousing services; operates logistics; and trades in by products from processing. The company was founded in 1953 and is based in Amstelveen, Netherlands.