Contrasting JBS (JBS) and Its Peers

JBS (NYSE:JBS) is one of 329 public companies in the “Food Products” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare JBS to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for JBS and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JBS	0	2	5	1	2.88
JBS Competitors	2383	8186	8270	395	2.35

JBS presently has a consensus target price of $18.42, indicating a potential upside of 57.38%. As a group, “Food Products” companies have a potential upside of 18.12%. Given JBS’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe JBS is more favorable than its rivals.

Dividends

JBS pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. 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 12.2% and pay out 31.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. JBS lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
JBS	$86.18 billion	$2.02 billion	11.47
JBS Competitors	$6.85 billion	$703.10 million	-2,402.86

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

Risk & Volatility

JBS has a beta of -1.67, indicating that its share price is 267% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JBS’s rivals have a beta of -3.85, indicating that their average share price is 485% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares JBS and its rivals’ 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	-13.64%	-147.83%	-4.63%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

39.7% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.8% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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

JBS Company Profile

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.