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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 60th 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	$23.23	2.15%	11.10%	13.15%	36.57%	56.85%	47.96%	182.26%	69.69%	116.70%	$24.12	$11.01	3.69%	110.99%	0.67	229,000	44.03%
JBSS	SANFILIPPO JOHN B & SON INC	$77.01	2.64%	7.57%	13.13%	21.64%	23.35%	-14.70%	-4.62%	-1.43%	40.89%	$91.26	$58.47	15.61%	31.71%	0.36	66,500	-3.62%
SENEA	SENECA FOODS CORP	$111.59	0.63%	1.54%	-9.28%	3.69%	23.91%	41.79%	90.39%	165.50%	312.38%	$129.03	$70.58	13.52%	58.10%	0.46	67,000	25.00%
HLF	HERBALIFE LTD	$14.90	1.09%	26.06%	69.32%	60.39%	84.63%	107.52%	11.44%	-68.55%	-44.48%	$15.17	$5.04	1.78%	195.63%	0.95	3,702,000	47.55%
LWAY	LIFEWAY FOODS INC	$23.26	0.61%	-0.85%	7.19%	-31.02%	-7.26%	-4.83%	297.61%	276.38%	107.12%	$34.20	$19.50	31.99%	19.28%	0.75	36,500	-17.05%
PPC	PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP	$39.64	-0.83%	3.23%	6.50%	-7.43%	-13.75%	-22.56%	69.55%	94.60%	84.97%	$57.16	$35.73	30.65%	10.95%	0.50	1,182,000	66.71%
INGR	INGREDION INC	$112.79	0.33%	5.92%	5.41%	-8.80%	-18.07%	-21.11%	14.61%	37.70%	16.31%	$143.80	$103.24	21.56%	9.25%	0.50	1,006,000	-9.21%
MAMA	MAMA's CREATIONS INC	$13.58	1.88%	21.47%	35.39%	39.43%	69.12%	40.00%	849.65%	650.28%	2,671.43%	$14.50	$5.50	6.34%	146.91%	0.56	732,000	30.02%
MZTI	MARZETTI CO	$170.01	1.84%	7.19%	1.15%	-6.78%	0.81%	-12.06%	-12.99%	-1.20%	52.80%	$198.39	$152.95	14.31%	11.16%	0.41	152,000	22.58%
BGS	B&G FOODS INC	$4.70	-1.67%	2.84%	4.68%	5.15%	6.58%	-38.64%	-61.54%	-83.88%	-86.51%	$8.06	$3.67	41.69%	28.07%	0.37	1,223,000	33.37%
NOMD	NOMAD FOODS LTD	$12.40	0.40%	3.59%	2.73%	-9.22%	-27.78%	-28.57%	-27.10%	-49.72%	N/A	$20.81	$11.04	40.41%	12.32%	0.48	1,451,000	-44.28%
SJM	J M SMUCKER CO	$101.68	0.11%	0.99%	-4.56%	-0.55%	6.63%	-9.84%	-33.91%	-10.38%	-16.68%	$121.48	$93.30	16.30%	8.98%	0.19	2,045,000	102.08%
SFD	SMITHFIELD FOODS INC	$22.62	0.40%	4.82%	6.80%	-5.32%	-5.34%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$26.07	$18.43	13.22%	22.73%	0.49	606,000	-24.44%
UTZ	UTZ BRANDS INC	$10.43	1.96%	8.31%	4.20%	-16.69%	-20.68%	-40.13%	-38.32%	-49.25%	N/A	$17.39	$9.20	40.02%	13.43%	0.54	1,392,000	-17.83%
USNA	USANA HEALTH SCIENCES INC	$20.32	-0.54%	4.69%	7.40%	-32.06%	-34.13%	-44.63%	-59.70%	-73.32%	-68.63%	$38.32	$18.48	46.97%	9.96%	0.69	108,000	39.35%
STKL	SUNOPTA INC	$3.84	1.05%	4.07%	4.07%	-40.09%	-36.42%	-50.45%	-52.77%	-61.83%	-42.86%	$7.95	$3.32	51.70%	15.66%	1.16	876,000	1.04%
BRCC	BRC INC	$1.23	0.00%	1.65%	1.65%	-22.64%	-19.08%	-58.45%	-81.08%	N/A	N/A	$3.34	$1.17	63.17%	5.13%	0.80	388,000	23.17%
LFVN	LIFEVANTAGE CORP	$6.45	-0.77%	-2.42%	2.54%	-39.61%	-49.45%	-60.89%	67.53%	-41.52%	-17.31%	$27.38	$5.98	76.44%	7.86%	0.78	281,000	95.14%
LW	LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS INC	$59.46	-0.34%	-0.12%	5.71%	6.01%	7.54%	-27.67%	-30.98%	-22.65%	N/A	$83.10	$47.89	28.45%	24.16%	0.69	763,000	-3.05%
DAR	DARLING INGREDIENTS INC	$36.19	-1.15%	0.00%	5.11%	15.29%	-6.19%	6.76%	-41.23%	-34.80%	277.37%	$42.15	$26.00	14.14%	39.19%	1.10	1,318,000	-53.23%
SMPL	SIMPLY GOOD FOODS CO	$19.30	2.28%	3.76%	-4.41%	-26.17%	-41.46%	-51.63%	-48.23%	-24.96%	N/A	$40.25	$18.45	52.05%	4.61%	0.75	1,281,000	-0.93%
DDC	DDC ENTERPRISE LTD	$2.29	-6.75%	-25.76%	-48.45%	-78.62%	-79.88%	-43.98%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$20.83	$1.62	88.99%	41.60%	1.44	40,000	-7.83%
FLO	FLOWERS FOODS INC	$10.94	1.20%	2.15%	-1.17%	-18.84%	-31.71%	-47.40%	-61.80%	-52.46%	-50.16%	$21.21	$10.34	48.41%	5.80%	0.28	4,219,000	66.36%
FRPT	FRESHPET INC	$63.56	0.22%	0.62%	20.52%	21.14%	-12.27%	-56.78%	15.21%	-52.03%	713.83%	$164.07	$46.76	61.26%	35.93%	1.25	1,315,000	40.79%
POST	POST HOLDINGS INC	$98.81	0.07%	1.69%	-6.67%	-3.47%	-12.94%	-15.11%	8.04%	1.21%	59.40%	$119.85	$95.07	17.56%	3.93%	0.42	819,000	26.00%
JBS	JBS NV	$14.23	-1.18%	1.79%	2.67%	-10.11%	-1.86%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$16.75	$12.37	15.04%	15.04%	0.47	2,888,000	0.52%
KHC	KRAFT HEINZ CO	$24.50	0.20%	-0.04%	0.04%	-4.41%	-5.00%	-20.89%	-38.49%	-28.63%	-65.98%	$33.35	$23.70	26.54%	3.38%	0.27	13,604,000	19.96%
FTLF	FITLIFE BRANDS INC	$18.38	2.28%	10.86%	4.43%	0.93%	38.61%	8.63%	N/A	-12.06%	27.64%	$20.98	$9.83	12.39%	86.98%	0.70	12,400	-4.62%
JJSF	J&J SNACK FOODS CORP	$94.96	1.28%	4.60%	13.01%	-7.51%	-16.69%	-43.36%	-38.01%	-38.19%	-17.68%	$167.49	$80.67	43.30%	17.72%	0.39	204,000	-4.67%
MKC	MCCORMICK & CO INC	$68.45	2.47%	7.63%	6.01%	3.79%	-7.34%	-14.62%	-18.96%	-25.41%	61.55%	$86.24	$62.64	20.63%	9.28%	0.36	2,818,000	-4.70%
GIS	GENERAL MILLS INC	$47.06	0.79%	2.39%	0.19%	-3.98%	-12.09%	-28.26%	-45.88%	-20.28%	-19.62%	$67.35	$45.15	30.13%	4.23%	0.13	6,929,000	8.72%
HAIN	HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC	$1.17	4.46%	15.84%	-7.14%	-27.78%	-31.58%	-84.50%	-92.79%	-96.91%	-97.00%	$7.58	$1.00	84.56%	17.00%	0.75	2,727,000	85.51%
BHST	BIOHARVEST SCIENCES INC	$5.20	-1.89%	-15.31%	-21.92%	-42.74%	-23.98%	-15.45%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$12.80	$4.72	59.38%	10.08%	0.78	49,300	-26.85%
WYHG	WING YIP FOOD HOLDINGS GROUP LTD	$0.77	-5.43%	-8.15%	4.22%	-42.84%	-49.93%	-82.59%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$12.00	$0.63	93.62%	21.01%	0.18	12,200	0.83%
ABVE	ABOVE FOOD INGREDIENTS INC	$1.76	-15.22%	-32.76%	-10.91%	8.33%	18.98%	310.05%	-82.47%	N/A	N/A	$6.56	$0.25	73.25%	602.00%	0.53	2,694,000	-62.90%
BRBR	BELLRING BRANDS INC	$32.78	2.60%	7.44%	27.95%	-7.69%	-47.83%	-57.94%	31.28%	33.85%	N/A	$80.67	$22.45	59.37%	46.01%	0.83	3,069,000	35.26%
CAG	CONAGRA BRANDS INC	$17.94	1.07%	4.85%	4.79%	-3.91%	-16.94%	-35.70%	-53.17%	-49.71%	-54.71%	$28.52	$16.60	37.09%	8.07%	0.21	8,857,000	25.26%
CPB	CAMPBELL's CO	$28.27	-1.64%	-5.89%	-8.01%	-13.99%	-12.37%	-33.58%	-50.33%	-39.62%	-46.87%	$43.85	$27.85	35.53%	1.51%	0.14	10,719,000	48.15%
HRL	HORMEL FOODS CORP	$24.00	-0.21%	0.63%	7.72%	-2.95%	-20.74%	-25.79%	-47.47%	-49.29%	-38.47%	$32.70	$21.03	26.61%	14.12%	0.17	3,763,000	14.76%
WEST	WESTROCK COFFEE CO	$4.26	-7.79%	6.23%	2.40%	-18.23%	-35.84%	-39.92%	-69.83%	N/A	N/A	$7.92	$3.59	46.21%	18.66%	0.57	820,000	-17.09%
IMG	CIMG INC	$1.72	6.17%	-20.00%	-41.10%	-66.80%	-75.77%	-88.19%	-99.19%	-99.98%	N/A	$28.80	$1.58	94.03%	9.21%	0.15	23,940,000	12,052.28%
BOF	BRANCHOUT FOOD INC	$3.16	-7.06%	-3.36%	6.04%	33.90%	61.22%	82.66%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.62	$1.53	12.71%	106.54%	0.69	59,000	-61.44%
BYND	BEYOND MEAT INC	$1.04	-4.59%	-8.77%	0.00%	-62.86%	-68.48%	-71.97%	-92.45%	-99.24%	N/A	$7.69	$0.50	86.48%	108.00%	1.82	55,078,000	33.44%
ATPC	AGAPE ATP CORP	$0.12	-10.37%	-91.04%	-91.23%	-90.55%	-92.39%	-90.32%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.93	$0.05	95.87%	152.08%	0.28	25,359,000	-66.71%
BON	BON NATURAL LIFE LTD	$1.75	-3.42%	-4.89%	-0.57%	-6.91%	19.86%	-95.88%	-99.33%	N/A	N/A	$73.75	$1.14	97.63%	53.51%	0.24	72,000	321.05%
BRLS	BOREALIS FOODS INC	$1.89	-0.58%	0.05%	-42.17%	-28.10%	-61.09%	-69.45%	-81.57%	N/A	N/A	$7.49	$1.78	74.75%	6.54%	0.17	800	-90.12%
CENT	CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO	$33.76	0.54%	2.86%	8.76%	-5.20%	-2.17%	-17.03%	15.21%	12.23%	191.64%	$43.88	$28.77	23.06%	17.34%	0.70	56,000	-29.11%
BRID	BRIDGFORD FOODS CORP	$8.50	5.07%	11.40%	11.48%	8.14%	7.87%	-21.15%	-32.32%	-55.66%	-2.41%	$10.83	$7.24	21.51%	17.40%	0.20	800	220.00%
COOT	AUSTRALIAN OILSEEDS HOLDINGS LTD	$0.80	1.01%	-3.62%	-23.27%	43.78%	1.01%	-28.11%	-92.39%	-92.02%	N/A	$4.50	$0.45	82.27%	77.33%	0.24	68,000	70.00%
FARM	FARMER BROTHERS CO	$1.48	-1.33%	-2.63%	-2.63%	-20.00%	-1.99%	-22.11%	-69.29%	-61.66%	-95.36%	$3.29	$1.34	54.99%	10.86%	0.80	84,500	-33.98%
PAVS	PARANOVUS ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY LTD	$0.04	-12.20%	-26.53%	-93.43%	-95.38%	-96.15%	-96.72%	-99.16%	-99.90%	N/A	$1.50	$0.03	97.60%	38.46%	0.33	115,325,000	-77.69%
THS	TREEHOUSE FOODS INC	$23.89	-0.50%	1.10%	1.44%	37.06%	16.14%	-30.45%	-47.43%	-44.22%	-69.77%	$40.77	$15.85	41.40%	50.73%	0.44	536,000	-49.43%
ORIS	ORIENTAL RISE HOLDINGS LTD	$0.11	-3.45%	-6.67%	-5.88%	-38.80%	-88.41%	-93.13%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.85	$0.08	96.07%	47.37%	0.42	2,203,000	45.41%
PETZ	TDH HOLDINGS INC	$1.02	-1.83%	-1.83%	1.09%	-8.84%	-2.76%	-14.20%	-36.58%	-96.85%	N/A	$1.68	$0.65	39.23%	57.08%	1.01	8,900	25.35%
NAII	NATURAL ALTERNATIVES INTERNATIONAL INC	$3.20	1.59%	0.00%	8.11%	-0.93%	-7.51%	-25.23%	-59.77%	-68.23%	-62.17%	$4.40	$2.57	27.27%	24.51%	0.43	22,200	303.64%
MEHA	FUNCTIONAL BRANDS INC	$0.28	-28.02%	-31.71%	-24.53%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.00	$0.25	96.50%	12.45%	8.70	3,205,000	1,156.86%
LSF	LAIRD SUPERFOOD INC	$2.02	-2.42%	-14.77%	-19.52%	-64.93%	-68.39%	-75.69%	102.00%	-95.30%	N/A	$8.96	$2.02	77.46%	0.00%	0.98	172,000	4.88%
RKDA	ARCADIA BIOSCIENCES INC	$3.67	0.82%	-4.43%	-1.61%	6.07%	-26.31%	-40.81%	-71.31%	-96.90%	-99.87%	$6.71	$2.53	45.31%	45.06%	0.86	4,700	176.47%
STKH	STEAKHOLDER FOODS LTD	$2.65	-2.93%	-12.83%	-1.49%	-46.57%	-77.00%	-95.86%	-99.15%	N/A	N/A	$72.80	$2.13	96.36%	24.41%	0.85	28,700	3.24%
UCFI	CN HEALTHY FOOD TECH GROUP CORP	$5.51	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	-42.53%	-47.52%	-46.50%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.13	$3.41	61.00%	61.58%	-0.01	0	N/A
SOWG	SOW GOOD INC	$0.50	-8.26%	-16.67%	-27.54%	-39.17%	-35.06%	-80.62%	N/A	-91.67%	-97.62%	$4.12	$0.47	87.86%	6.16%	1.65	147,000	122.73%
JVA	COFFEE HOLDING CO INC	$3.55	0.57%	5.34%	-5.84%	-19.32%	-25.11%	-16.86%	72.33%	-8.27%	-14.66%	$9.93	$2.75	64.25%	29.09%	0.96	27,800	90.41%
NCRA	NOCERA INC	$1.29	4.88%	46.76%	17.27%	-14.00%	26.47%	84.29%	3.20%	N/A	N/A	$2.40	$0.75	46.25%	71.31%	0.38	182,000	-48.30%
PLAG	PLANET GREEN HOLDINGS CORP	$2.12	-6.19%	0.47%	23.26%	17.78%	-9.79%	-16.54%	-72.67%	-89.71%	-99.25%	$3.28	$0.47	35.37%	351.06%	0.84	225,000	59.57%
HCWC	HEALTHY CHOICE WELLNESS CORP	$0.28	-4.51%	-52.34%	-55.07%	-50.89%	-31.93%	-67.26%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.35	$0.26	88.30%	5.77%	0.30	738,000	-76.38%
FAMI	FARMMI INC	$1.50	1.35%	0.67%	0.67%	-16.20%	-18.92%	-59.09%	-97.10%	-99.94%	N/A	$7.07	$1.26	78.79%	19.05%	0.89	1,500	7.14%

Food Stocks FAQ

What are the best food stocks to buy right now in Dec 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 66 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: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 7 points higher than the food industry average of 30.

NATR passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Natures Sunshine Products has seen its stock return 47.96% over the past year, overperforming other food stocks by 76 percentage points.

Natures Sunshine Products has an average 1 year price target of $22.50, a downside of -3.14% from Natures Sunshine Products's current stock price of $23.23.

Natures Sunshine Products stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts 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. Sanfilippo John B & Son (NASDAQ:JBSS)

Sanfilippo John B & Son (NASDAQ:JBSS) is the #2 top food stock out of 66 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 Sanfilippo John B & Son (NASDAQ:JBSS) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Sanfilippo John B & Son (NASDAQ:JBSS) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 16 points higher than the food industry average of 30.

JBSS passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Sanfilippo John B & Son has seen its stock lose -14.7% over the past year, overperforming other food stocks by 14 percentage points.

Sanfilippo John B & Son has an average 1 year price target of $109.00, an upside of 41.54% from Sanfilippo John B & Son's current stock price of $77.01.

Sanfilippo John B & Son stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Sanfilippo John B & Son, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA)

Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA) is the #3 top food stock out of 66 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 11 points higher than the food industry average of 30.

SENEA passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Seneca Foods has seen its stock return 41.79% over the past year, overperforming other food stocks by 70 percentage points.

What are the food stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 17 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 12.13%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the food industry average of 4.44%. 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 -24.1% 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 7.8%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the food industry average of 4.44%. 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 78.7% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO)

Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) has an annual dividend yield of 6.73%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the food industry average of 4.44%. Flowers Foods's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Flowers Foods's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Flowers Foods's dividend payout ratio of 104.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are food stocks up?

Food stocks were up 0.66% in the last day, and up 3.43% over the last week. Cimg was the among the top gainers in the packaged foods industry, gaining 6.17% yesterday.

CIMG shares are trading higher after the company signed a $106.5M computing power equipment contract with a major Chinese bank.

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. Lifevantage (NASDAQ:LFVN)

Lifevantage (NASDAQ:LFVN) 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.

Lifevantage has a valuation score of 57, which is 34 points higher than the food industry average of 23. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lifevantage's stock has dropped -60.89% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the food industry by -32 percentage points.

2. Herbalife (NYSE:HLF)

Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) 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.

Herbalife has a valuation score of 29, which is 6 points higher than the food industry average of 23. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Herbalife's stock has gained 107.52% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the food industry by 136 percentage points.

3. Nomad Foods (NYSE:NOMD)

Nomad Foods (NYSE:NOMD) 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.

Nomad Foods has a valuation score of 43, which is 20 points higher than the food industry average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Nomad Foods's stock has dropped -28.57% in the past year. It has performed in line with other stocks in the food industry.

Are food stocks a good buy now?

36.84% of food stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect food stocks to rise by 20.9% over the next year.

4.65% of food stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 9.3% of food stocks are rated B (Buy), 76.74% are rated C (Hold), 6.98% are rated D (Sell), and 2.33% 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 13.47x.

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