How to buy John BSanfilippo-and-Son stock

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc is a packaged foods business based in the US. John BSanfilippo-and-Son shares (JBSS) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. John BSanfilippo-and-Son employs 1,370 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$859.7 million.

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John BSanfilippo-and-Son share price

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John BSanfilippo-and-Son shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-24.

52-week range	USD$63.7779 - USD$93.46
50-day moving average	USD$84.2312
200-day moving average	USD$79.2768
Wall St. target price	USD$107
PE ratio	18.5861
Dividend yield	USD$0.65 (0.71%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$4.88

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John BSanfilippo-and-Son financials

Revenue TTM	USD$859.7 million
Operating margin TTM	8.74%
Gross profit TTM	USD$175.8 million
Return on assets TTM	11.78%
Return on equity TTM	23.86%
Profit margin	6.56%
Book value	$21.286
Market capitalisation	USD$1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting John BSanfilippo-and-Son shares

There are currently 539,692 John BSanfilippo-and-Son shares held short by investors – that's known as John BSanfilippo-and-Son's "short interest". This figure is 20.2% up from 448,953 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting John BSanfilippo-and-Son shares can be evaluated.

John BSanfilippo-and-Son's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

John BSanfilippo-and-Son's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of John BSanfilippo-and-Son shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of John BSanfilippo-and-Son shares traded daily (recently around 60707.761529809). John BSanfilippo-and-Son's SIR currently stands at 8.89. In other words for every 100,000 John BSanfilippo-and-Son shares traded daily on the market, roughly 8890 shares are currently held short.

However John BSanfilippo-and-Son's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of John BSanfilippo-and-Son shares, or, against the total number of tradable John BSanfilippo-and-Son shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case John BSanfilippo-and-Son's short interest could be expressed as 0.05% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 John BSanfilippo-and-Son shares in existence, roughly 50 shares are currently held short) or 0.0738% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable John BSanfilippo-and-Son shares, roughly 74 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against John BSanfilippo-and-Son.

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John BSanfilippo-and-Son share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, John BSanfilippo-and-Son's shares have ranged in value from as little as $63.7779 up to $93.46. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while John BSanfilippo-and-Son's is 0.1377. This would suggest that John BSanfilippo-and-Son's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

John BSanfilippo-and-Son overview

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., together with its subsidiary, JBSS Ventures, LLC, processes and distributes tree nuts and peanuts in the United States. The company offers raw and processed nuts, including almonds, pecans, peanuts, black walnuts, English walnuts, cashews, macadamia nuts, pistachios, pine nuts, Brazil nuts, and filberts in various styles and seasonings. It also offers peanut butter in various sizes and varieties; snack and trail mixes, salad toppings, snacks, snack bites, dried fruit, and chocolate and yogurt coated products; baking ingredients; bulk food products; sunflower kernels, pepitas, almond and cashew butter, candy and confections, corn snacks, sesame sticks, and other sesame snack products; and various toppings for ice cream and yogurt. In addition, the company operates a retail store. The company provides its products under the Fisher, Orchard Valley Harvest, Squirrel Brand, Southern Style Nuts, and Sunshine Country brands, as well as under various private brands. It serves retailers and wholesalers, and commercial ingredient and contract packaging customers through a network of independent brokers, distributors, and suppliers. John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Elgin, Illinois.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of John BSanfilippo-and-Son is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 1.702% of John BSanfilippo-and-Son shares are held by insiders and 97.191% by institutions.

• How many people work for John BSanfilippo-and-Son?

  Latest data suggests 1,370 work at John BSanfilippo-and-Son.

• When does the fiscal year end for John BSanfilippo-and-Son?

  John BSanfilippo-and-Son's fiscal year ends in June.

• Where is John BSanfilippo-and-Son based?

  John BSanfilippo-and-Son's address is: 1703 North Randall Road, Elgin, IL, United States, 60123

• What is John BSanfilippo-and-Son's ISIN number?

  John BSanfilippo-and-Son's international securities identification number is: US8004221078

• What is John BSanfilippo-and-Son's CUSIP number?

  John BSanfilippo-and-Son's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 800422107