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Best Food Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top food stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best food stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Packaged Foods

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Food is Zen Rated C and is the 64th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
NATR	NATURES SUNSHINE PRODUCTS INC	$14.42	-0.21%	-0.62%	0.63%	7.13%	-7.62%	-3.93%	25.72%	60.22%	11.01%	$18.06	$10.81	20.16%	33.46%	0.75	62,000	-39.81%
LFVN	LIFEVANTAGE CORP	$12.43	-3.42%	-0.72%	2.47%	-26.49%	-22.51%	67.97%	181.86%	-14.51%	235.13%	$27.38	$5.22	54.60%	138.12%	0.73	76,400	16.46%
INGR	INGREDION INC	$138.26	-0.85%	0.19%	0.42%	5.91%	-4.19%	20.49%	58.52%	66.54%	72.46%	$155.44	$111.54	11.05%	23.96%	0.52	388,000	20.87%
PPC	PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP	$46.14	0.85%	-1.77%	-1.05%	-8.22%	-7.65%	32.32%	54.73%	151.17%	91.06%	$57.16	$34.47	19.28%	33.87%	0.53	941,000	-15.38%
SENEA	SENECA FOODS CORP	$90.26	-3.03%	-4.49%	3.39%	5.58%	12.03%	57.49%	92.29%	181.71%	221.67%	$96.79	$55.97	6.74%	61.26%	0.50	118,000	31.11%
HLF	HERBALIFE LTD	$7.87	-4.72%	2.21%	15.57%	-2.48%	5.21%	-29.86%	-63.21%	-81.89%	-70.42%	$12.79	$5.04	38.48%	56.15%	0.88	1,580,000	3.74%
USNA	USANA HEALTH SCIENCES INC	$29.55	-0.77%	0.58%	-0.64%	-2.70%	-19.35%	-34.90%	-57.85%	-63.42%	-55.66%	$48.85	$23.10	39.51%	27.92%	0.63	172,000	102.35%
SMPL	SIMPLY GOOD FOODS CO	$32.32	-2.30%	-2.56%	-10.02%	-5.69%	-18.53%	-11.69%	-12.95%	90.12%	N/A	$40.53	$31.25	20.25%	3.42%	0.82	1,768,000	32.14%
BRFS	BRF SA	$3.71	1.09%	2.49%	3.63%	16.30%	-19.70%	6.61%	39.47%	-11.03%	-82.81%	$4.87	$2.99	23.82%	24.08%	0.82	5,320,000	47.04%
STKL	SUNOPTA INC	$5.96	-1.65%	4.56%	-5.55%	12.03%	-24.27%	7.19%	-14.37%	31.57%	-41.85%	$8.11	$3.65	26.51%	63.51%	1.11	1,344,000	32.28%
SFD	SMITHFIELD FOODS INC	$23.56	-1.44%	2.50%	4.09%	24.10%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$24.07	$18.43	2.14%	27.81%	0.53	400,000	-35.48%
JVA	COFFEE HOLDING CO INC	$3.98	9.64%	1.53%	12.75%	-38.01%	-7.23%	192.65%	35.84%	32.67%	-23.31%	$9.93	$1.31	59.92%	203.82%	0.85	2,106,000	1,404.29%
MAMA	MAMA's CREATIONS INC	$7.93	-0.38%	-0.13%	19.43%	24.49%	-16.26%	21.07%	435.81%	378.58%	701.01%	$9.98	$5.50	20.54%	44.18%	0.51	225,000	15.98%
UTZ	UTZ BRANDS INC	$13.11	-2.24%	-3.96%	3.97%	-2.31%	-26.10%	-26.55%	1.00%	-4.93%	N/A	$18.89	$11.53	30.58%	13.70%	0.51	668,000	-37.22%
LSF	LAIRD SUPERFOOD INC	$6.29	-3.23%	-6.26%	-16.13%	33.55%	-23.67%	59.24%	129.56%	N/A	N/A	$10.90	$3.40	42.29%	85.00%	0.98	22,700	21.39%
FTLF	FITLIFE BRANDS INC	$14.00	-1.96%	-2.17%	-11.03%	1.16%	-17.65%	-9.00%	N/A	21.74%	-14.63%	$17.75	$9.83	21.10%	42.42%	0.56	9,500	-39.87%
POST	POST HOLDINGS INC	$112.18	-1.27%	2.57%	3.18%	0.46%	-4.23%	11.22%	45.75%	25.59%	139.85%	$125.84	$100.19	10.86%	11.97%	0.48	425,000	-51.48%
DDC	DDC ENTERPRISE LTD	$11.01	22.20%	10.10%	195.17%	102.95%	167.23%	-61.37%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$31.25	$1.62	64.77%	579.63%	1.57	142,000	-0.70%
JBSS	SANFILIPPO JOHN B & SON INC	$62.39	-1.86%	0.35%	-0.40%	-11.37%	-30.93%	-36.51%	-8.26%	-26.31%	20.84%	$105.63	$58.47	40.94%	6.70%	0.39	53,400	4.71%
HRL	HORMEL FOODS CORP	$30.58	-1.51%	-0.26%	4.48%	3.70%	-7.16%	-0.23%	-32.39%	-35.06%	8.57%	$33.80	$27.59	9.53%	10.84%	0.19	1,980,000	12.05%
THS	TREEHOUSE FOODS INC	$20.72	-4.78%	-7.25%	-11.38%	-25.60%	-39.99%	-41.35%	-46.38%	-56.91%	-70.41%	$43.84	$20.63	52.74%	0.44%	0.38	439,000	0.46%
LW	LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS INC	$54.80	-2.63%	-1.58%	7.01%	12.64%	-30.87%	-36.40%	-15.89%	-16.36%	N/A	$87.94	$47.90	37.68%	14.41%	0.72	1,340,000	39.29%
HAIN	HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC	$1.62	-4.71%	-8.47%	-6.90%	-62.67%	-79.42%	-76.89%	-93.08%	-94.69%	-97.37%	$9.43	$1.30	82.82%	24.62%	0.71	1,106,000	17.41%
ABVE	ABOVE FOOD INGREDIENTS INC	$1.10	-5.17%	10.66%	-19.71%	189.47%	144.44%	-88.30%	-88.78%	N/A	N/A	$12.50	$0.25	91.20%	340.00%	0.31	137,000	-61.30%
BRBR	BELLRING BRANDS INC	$58.67	-2.40%	-3.77%	-7.81%	-11.44%	-24.78%	3.79%	142.74%	197.67%	N/A	$80.67	$48.06	27.27%	22.08%	0.84	2,156,000	-25.35%
NOMD	NOMAD FOODS LTD	$17.10	-2.62%	0.35%	-7.07%	-11.95%	-3.72%	0.88%	-11.44%	-20.54%	N/A	$20.81	$15.43	17.83%	10.82%	0.48	960,000	32.96%
FLO	FLOWERS FOODS INC	$15.97	-2.38%	-4.43%	-7.90%	-13.82%	-24.71%	-29.52%	-36.12%	-29.46%	-26.00%	$23.87	$15.96	33.10%	0.06%	0.29	2,562,000	20.85%
CPB	CAMPBELL's CO	$32.79	-1.59%	-4.90%	-6.79%	-14.76%	-23.73%	-24.60%	-28.50%	-32.22%	-29.23%	$52.81	$32.73	37.90%	0.18%	0.19	4,835,000	-10.50%
SJM	J M SMUCKER CO	$95.72	-1.69%	-13.67%	-14.14%	-14.35%	-15.69%	-13.73%	-24.81%	-9.53%	-13.76%	$125.42	$93.93	23.68%	1.91%	0.23	2,927,000	-22.75%
BGS	B&G FOODS INC	$4.34	-4.19%	-0.23%	0.93%	-39.47%	-44.57%	-50.96%	-80.25%	-82.15%	-85.41%	$9.44	$3.97	54.03%	9.32%	0.41	1,808,000	18.79%
WYHG	WING YIP FOOD HOLDINGS GROUP LTD	$1.42	-10.13%	-15.98%	-85.44%	-86.05%	-68.37%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$12.00	$1.12	88.17%	26.79%	-0.13	47,600	6.73%
CAG	CONAGRA BRANDS INC	$21.57	-3.19%	-3.66%	-5.52%	-16.43%	-23.51%	-24.50%	-32.59%	-35.28%	-43.30%	$33.24	$21.51	35.11%	0.28%	0.27	10,715,000	20.84%
DAR	DARLING INGREDIENTS INC	$36.01	9.15%	17.11%	-1.77%	26.31%	2.65%	-1.80%	-49.31%	51.18%	132.32%	$43.49	$26.00	17.20%	38.50%	1.11	7,710,000	75.83%
K	KELLANOVA	$79.88	-0.42%	-2.66%	-2.72%	-2.94%	-0.84%	36.01%	16.00%	21.97%	29.49%	$83.22	$55.96	4.01%	42.74%	0.13	4,243,000	-62.95%
KHC	KRAFT HEINZ CO	$26.08	-1.44%	-2.43%	-5.47%	-13.61%	-17.70%	-19.85%	-27.64%	-18.80%	N/A	$36.53	$26.01	28.61%	0.27%	0.33	12,755,000	71.67%
LANC	LANCASTER COLONY CORP	$167.40	-1.02%	-0.32%	-0.11%	-5.71%	-15.50%	-9.67%	37.40%	4.49%	88.77%	$202.63	$156.14	17.39%	7.21%	0.44	138,000	40.82%
ATPC	AGAPE ATP CORP	$1.67	9.15%	9.15%	-17.33%	65.35%	16.78%	-63.05%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.80	$0.90	75.44%	85.56%	0.28	123,000	451.57%
BOF	BRANCHOUT FOOD INC	$2.02	-2.18%	-3.59%	-11.23%	10.71%	13.20%	35.69%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.11	$0.61	50.97%	230.87%	0.59	44,000	12.82%
PLAG	PLANET GREEN HOLDINGS CORP	$2.47	-0.80%	-5.00%	20.49%	19.32%	-5.76%	38.76%	-69.35%	-91.27%	-99.45%	$5.52	$0.85	55.25%	190.25%	0.87	1,277,000	97.07%
WEST	WESTROCK COFFEE CO	$6.60	-3.23%	-2.22%	-12.00%	19.78%	-5.31%	-32.17%	-33.33%	N/A	N/A	$10.43	$5.28	36.72%	25.00%	0.55	361,000	67.91%
KLG	WK KELLOGG CO	$15.56	-0.77%	-0.77%	-12.24%	-22.20%	-25.12%	-12.98%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$22.21	$14.80	29.94%	5.14%	0.41	504,000	-20.75%
GIS	GENERAL MILLS INC	$53.56	-2.16%	-2.21%	-0.39%	-10.51%	-19.69%	-18.37%	-20.13%	-12.01%	-1.54%	$75.90	$52.39	29.43%	2.23%	0.18	4,344,000	11.96%
JJSF	J&J SNACK FOODS CORP	$115.05	-0.90%	-0.82%	-1.29%	-14.49%	-31.52%	-31.44%	-8.43%	-10.85%	6.30%	$180.80	$111.11	36.37%	3.55%	0.44	142,000	-31.40%
BON	BON NATURAL LIFE LTD	$1.53	-4.97%	-7.27%	8.28%	-91.68%	-96.40%	-97.23%	-99.85%	N/A	N/A	$73.75	$1.14	97.93%	34.21%	0.21	230,000	-50.32%
MKC	MCCORMICK & CO INC	$74.01	-2.37%	-0.30%	-1.06%	-8.32%	-8.13%	8.97%	-14.67%	-13.13%	92.68%	$86.24	$66.88	14.18%	10.66%	0.42	1,994,000	8.19%
FRPT	FRESHPET INC	$74.27	-4.54%	-7.64%	-3.93%	-14.14%	-49.44%	-40.67%	33.80%	-10.64%	291.93%	$164.07	$71.19	54.73%	4.33%	1.25	1,543,000	117.94%
BRCC	BRC INC	$1.50	-6.83%	-9.64%	-18.48%	-23.47%	-50.50%	-75.61%	-80.87%	N/A	N/A	$7.14	$1.48	78.99%	1.35%	0.77	723,000	35.65%
FARM	FARMER BROTHERS CO	$1.48	-4.52%	-5.13%	-9.20%	-33.63%	-22.11%	-46.57%	-69.29%	-82.19%	-94.19%	$3.29	$1.43	54.99%	3.50%	0.84	106,000	360.87%
BYND	BEYOND MEAT INC	$3.16	-3.36%	-4.82%	25.90%	-3.95%	-17.71%	-53.60%	-85.81%	-97.95%	N/A	$9.24	$2.23	65.80%	42.02%	1.67	1,106,000	-14.20%
BRID	BRIDGFORD FOODS CORP	$7.83	-0.45%	-0.63%	0.89%	-24.35%	-27.06%	-22.70%	-38.59%	-51.46%	-25.00%	$14.69	$7.52	46.70%	4.12%	0.26	1,200	9.09%
JBS	JBS NV	$13.87	N/A	0.00%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.50	$13.55	4.34%	2.36%	N/A	9,208,000	N/A
HCWC	HEALTHY CHOICE WELLNESS CORP	$0.41	-0.97%	-2.62%	-4.88%	-31.83%	-63.15%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.50	$0.29	95.19%	41.03%	0.08	166,000	67.68%
STKH	STEAKHOLDER FOODS LTD	$1.50	-7.98%	-38.52%	-48.45%	-72.73%	-81.71%	-91.91%	-99.21%	N/A	N/A	$19.50	$1.50	92.31%	0.00%	0.78	116,000	-22.67%
LWAY	LIFEWAY FOODS INC	$24.92	-0.88%	0.00%	11.15%	22.04%	1.92%	95.14%	421.12%	947.06%	36.40%	$27.29	$10.06	8.68%	147.71%	0.76	17,400	-45.11%
RKDA	ARCADIA BIOSCIENCES INC	$4.95	1.46%	-0.10%	20.15%	53.73%	-21.43%	58.65%	-88.54%	-96.95%	-99.93%	$10.31	$2.40	51.99%	106.25%	0.88	7,500	127.27%
PAVS	PARANOVUS ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY LTD	$0.88	-0.11%	-2.33%	-9.38%	-37.21%	-21.52%	-4.46%	-76.86%	-98.48%	N/A	$1.50	$0.32	41.40%	174.69%	0.25	14,600	2,146.15%
PETZ	TDH HOLDINGS INC	$1.05	-4.55%	-1.96%	15.26%	-17.97%	-7.08%	-10.26%	-62.98%	-95.80%	N/A	$1.74	$0.65	39.66%	61.54%	1.09	6,500	20.37%
NAII	NATURAL ALTERNATIVES INTERNATIONAL INC	$3.42	-0.58%	-0.15%	3.64%	-4.47%	-20.47%	-49.26%	-65.28%	-47.38%	-39.68%	$6.88	$2.57	50.29%	33.07%	0.43	800	-84.00%
SOWG	SOW GOOD INC	$0.76	-2.56%	-1.30%	-7.20%	-68.72%	-71.85%	-96.44%	N/A	-83.11%	-99.18%	$24.83	$0.52	96.94%	45.59%	1.53	43,000	-41.89%
NCRA	NOCERA INC	$1.05	2.45%	2.45%	5.56%	8.85%	16.11%	-6.86%	-83.21%	N/A	N/A	$2.09	$0.70	50.00%	49.29%	0.33	24,000	-42.45%
ORIS	ORIENTAL RISE HOLDINGS LTD	$0.87	-2.68%	0.23%	-34.51%	-24.91%	-51.34%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$56.01	$0.82	98.44%	6.22%	0.07	52,600	34.87%
IMG	CIMG INC	$0.36	-7.27%	-10.75%	-36.14%	-24.04%	-55.15%	-77.69%	-99.06%	N/A	N/A	$8.00	$0.25	95.54%	42.80%	0.08	144,000	-40.74%
FAMI	FARMMI INC	$1.75	-5.41%	-6.42%	-8.38%	-10.90%	-50.61%	-81.75%	-98.30%	-99.87%	N/A	$9.36	$1.43	81.30%	22.38%	0.87	13,000	348.28%
BRLS	BOREALIS FOODS INC	$5.04	-1.75%	-2.70%	-16.83%	-12.80%	-20.28%	-40.07%	-49.60%	N/A	N/A	$9.50	$3.00	46.95%	68.00%	0.15	11,400	-75.05%
CENT	CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO	$34.21	-3.69%	-4.17%	-6.17%	-4.97%	-15.99%	-12.93%	1.79%	25.70%	358.33%	$43.88	$31.97	22.04%	7.01%	0.70	62,500	-3.25%

Food Stocks FAQ

What are the best food stocks to buy right now in Jun 2025?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best food stocks to buy right now are:

1. Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR)

Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR) is the #1 top food stock out of 65 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR) has a Due Diligence Score of 28, which is -2 points lower than the food industry average of 30. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates NATR as a "A".

NATR passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Natures Sunshine Products has seen its stock lose -3.93% over the past year, overperforming other food stocks by 12 percentage points.

Natures Sunshine Products has an average 1 year price target of $19.00, an upside of 31.76% from Natures Sunshine Products's current stock price of $14.42.

Natures Sunshine Products stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Natures Sunshine Products, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Lifevantage (NASDAQ:LFVN)

Lifevantage (NASDAQ:LFVN) is the #2 top food stock out of 65 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Lifevantage (NASDAQ:LFVN) is: Value: A, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Lifevantage (NASDAQ:LFVN) has a Due Diligence Score of 50, which is 20 points higher than the food industry average of 30.

LFVN passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Lifevantage has seen its stock return 67.97% over the past year, overperforming other food stocks by 84 percentage points.

Lifevantage has an average 1 year price target of $30.50, an upside of 145.37% from Lifevantage's current stock price of $12.43.

Lifevantage stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Lifevantage, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Ingredion (NYSE:INGR)

Ingredion (NYSE:INGR) is the #3 top food stock out of 65 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Ingredion (NYSE:INGR) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Ingredion (NYSE:INGR) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is equal to the food industry average of 30.

INGR passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Ingredion has seen its stock return 20.49% over the past year, overperforming other food stocks by 36 percentage points.

Ingredion has an average 1 year price target of $145.75, an upside of 5.42% from Ingredion's current stock price of $138.26.

Ingredion stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Ingredion, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 75% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the food stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 18 food stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 food stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS)

B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) has an annual dividend yield of 13.13%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the food industry average of 3.17%. B&G Foods's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. B&G Foods's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

B&G Foods's dividend payout ratio of -28.6% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG)

Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) has an annual dividend yield of 6.49%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the food industry average of 3.17%. Conagra Brands's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Conagra Brands's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Conagra Brands's dividend payout ratio of 202.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC)

Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) has an annual dividend yield of 6.13%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the food industry average of 3.17%. Kraft Heinz Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Kraft Heinz Co's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Kraft Heinz Co's dividend payout ratio of 72.7% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are food stocks down?

Food stocks were down -1.42% in the last day, and down -1.99% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why food stocks are down.

What are the most undervalued food stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued food stocks right now are:

1. Herbalife (NYSE:HLF)

Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) is the most undervalued food stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Herbalife has a valuation score of 29, which is 5 points higher than the food industry average of 24. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Herbalife's stock has dropped -29.86% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the food industry by -14 percentage points.

2. Usana Health Sciences (NYSE:USNA)

Usana Health Sciences (NYSE:USNA) is the second most undervalued food stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Usana Health Sciences has a valuation score of 71, which is 47 points higher than the food industry average of 24. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Usana Health Sciences's stock has dropped -34.9% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the food industry by -19 percentage points.

3. Lifevantage (NASDAQ:LFVN)

Lifevantage (NASDAQ:LFVN) is the third most undervalued food stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Lifevantage has a valuation score of 43, which is 19 points higher than the food industry average of 24. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lifevantage's stock has gained 67.97% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the food industry by 84 percentage points.

Are food stocks a good buy now?

39.47% of food stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect food stocks to rise by 21.51% over the next year.

6.12% of food stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 10.2% of food stocks are rated B (Buy), 69.39% are rated C (Hold), 12.24% are rated D (Sell), and 2.04% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the packaged foods industry?

The average P/E ratio of the packaged foods industry is 18.85x.

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