J&J SNACK FOODS CORP.
boothcheck covers J&J SNACK FOODS CORP. (JJSF) but does not put one priced-in number on it: here the defensible answer is the evidence rather than a point estimate. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating. Narrative composed June 27, 2026.
• J&J Snack Foods is a niche-brand snack company built on category leaders, soft pretzels (Superpretzel), frozen beverages (ICEE), churros, and frozen novelties, sold through three segments the 10-K describes as ⟦"Food Service, Retail Supermarkets"⟧ and Frozen Beverages. • At $74.69 the price is justified mainly by peer multiples while the asset and earnings-power methods say expensive, reflecting a recent stretch of soft sales and margin-rebuilding rather than the company's through-cycle earnin
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235 institutional managers reported holding JJSF in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 79% of the company; the top 10 hold 47%. 29 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, Dimensional Fund Advisors, among others. On the short side, 871k shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 5% of shares outstanding (4.4 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
JJSF has cut its share count 0.7% over the past five years, spending $71.98M on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (16 and counting), raised 14 years straight; the current rate is $0.80 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $161.96M in dividends and $71.98M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at JJSF over the trailing three years: 2025: 1 buy totaling $49k. 13 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
JJSF's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-03 | -4.2% | +8.2% |
| 2023-05-05 | +3.2% | -2.5% |
| 2023-08-04 | +7.8% | -9.5% |
| 2024-02-08 | -9.6% | -6.6% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
JJSF's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-05 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-06-10 (items 1.01, 2.03, 5.02, 9.01); 2026-05-06 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-02-18 (items 5.07); 2026-02-03 (items 2.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 27, 2026
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