Company Analysis

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (JBSS)

Nasdaq: JBSS · Sugar & Confectionery Products · Elgin, IL · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.9
◀ Past 6.4● Present 6.2▶ Future 5.0

The grade of John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.9/10
◀ Past6.430% of the headline
● Present6.240% of the headline
▶ Future5.030% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.3% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 8 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 65th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $876 million in fiscal 2019 to $1.2 billion in fiscal 2026, up 4.3% a year; it rose in 6 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 2% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 8 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span4.3%bottom 44% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 31% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 24% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak2.5%top 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.4% a year. 41% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 4 sales, 3 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 32 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-06-25, John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 41% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 4 sales (4 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 3 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12, buying about $28 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 31% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 16%: 16¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 42%: owes 42¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-06-25, John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. earned about 16 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 32 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 42 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 35% of its family
  • return on equitytop 16% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 23% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 41% of 42 in its family; net margin 5.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 59th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.'s standing among 42 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.2 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 35% by size; a net margin of 5.3% ranks in the top 37%; revenue growth of 5.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 20% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.18Bbottom 35% of its family
  • net margin5.3%top 37% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth5.6%top 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 42% of 26 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 58th percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Sanfilippo, Jasper Brian Jr (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-11-12, under a month (bottom 2% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 19.7 years (top 2%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (top 25%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 13 peopletop 25% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed19.7 yearstop 2% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the recordunder a monthbottom 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 38% of 42 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $1 million against debt of $44 million leaves -6.4% of its assets as net cash, top 49% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 3% of revenue (bottom 39%); a gross margin of 18% (bottom 35%); research spending of 0.3% of revenue (bottom 26%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-6.4%top 49% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue3.0%bottom 39% of its family
  • gross margin18.0%bottom 35% of its family
  • research spending against revenue0.3%bottom 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 33% of 42 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 5.6% a year over the last three filed years against 4.3% over all 8, speeding up (top 8% of its family); the newest year grew 6.2% (top 32%); research spending grew -0.3% a year (bottom 19%); capital spending grew 62.2% a year (top 8%) (its annual reports). John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+1.3 points a yeartop 8% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth6.2%top 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-0.3%bottom 19% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending62.2%top 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 49% of 39 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 49th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.2 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 0.9% above the $1.2 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 47% of its family); net income of $62 million against a prior three-year average of $61 million (bottom 45%); a net margin of 5.3% against 5.8% before (top 50%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.9%top 47% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+2%bottom 45% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.5 pointstop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton JBSS · research, not advice