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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 63rd 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	$22.37	-0.04%	2.43%	8.96%	35.66%	50.34%	42.94%	175.83%	59.44%	107.32%	$24.12	$11.01	7.26%	103.18%	0.67	100,000	-13.04%
JBSS	SANFILIPPO JOHN B & SON INC	$76.62	0.55%	3.50%	12.56%	19.30%	23.14%	-14.07%	-7.07%	-2.18%	42.68%	$91.26	$58.47	16.04%	31.04%	0.36	38,600	-14.22%
SENEA	SENECA FOODS CORP	$111.60	0.84%	1.23%	-9.27%	5.50%	23.53%	42.86%	82.23%	170.81%	291.58%	$129.03	$70.58	13.51%	58.12%	0.46	62,300	-21.14%
HLF	HERBALIFE LTD	$14.30	-1.04%	5.93%	62.50%	53.60%	81.24%	100.84%	8.17%	-70.49%	-47.23%	$15.17	$5.04	5.74%	183.73%	0.95	1,957,000	7.29%
PPC	PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP	$39.61	1.17%	3.12%	6.42%	-6.40%	-13.70%	-21.80%	73.73%	97.56%	87.19%	$57.16	$35.73	30.70%	10.87%	0.49	772,000	-50.03%
LWAY	LIFEWAY FOODS INC	$24.14	1.51%	4.14%	11.24%	-28.62%	-2.27%	0.79%	312.65%	293.80%	114.39%	$34.20	$19.50	29.42%	23.79%	0.75	89,000	109.41%
INGR	INGREDION INC	$111.75	-0.44%	2.77%	4.44%	-9.83%	-18.74%	-21.39%	15.05%	41.74%	14.46%	$141.78	$103.24	21.18%	8.24%	0.50	663,000	-2.07%
MAMA	MAMA's CREATIONS INC	$14.01	1.74%	7.03%	39.68%	37.49%	75.34%	69.82%	834.00%	657.30%	3,402.50%	$14.50	$5.50	3.38%	154.73%	0.56	602,000	-1.95%
MZTI	MARZETTI CO	$173.01	0.77%	6.79%	2.94%	-4.15%	3.10%	-8.57%	-12.61%	0.32%	54.71%	$198.39	$152.95	12.79%	13.12%	0.41	127,000	-36.18%
BGS	B&G FOODS INC	$4.72	-0.42%	-1.87%	5.12%	3.96%	8.01%	-39.02%	-60.99%	-83.97%	-86.58%	$8.06	$3.67	41.44%	28.61%	0.37	1,364,000	19.75%
SJM	J M SMUCKER CO	$100.39	0.69%	0.71%	-5.77%	-4.56%	6.23%	-12.37%	-35.57%	-12.95%	-18.80%	$121.48	$93.30	17.36%	7.60%	0.19	1,162,000	-25.37%
SFD	SMITHFIELD FOODS INC	$22.79	0.40%	4.93%	7.60%	-6.33%	-2.48%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$26.07	$18.43	12.56%	23.66%	0.49	727,000	-7.74%
NOMD	NOMAD FOODS LTD	$12.77	1.75%	3.48%	5.80%	-5.96%	-24.66%	-26.18%	-24.88%	-49.08%	N/A	$20.81	$11.04	38.64%	15.67%	0.48	1,825,000	29.99%
USNA	USANA HEALTH SCIENCES INC	$20.48	0.74%	-1.87%	8.25%	-32.14%	-32.74%	-43.55%	-60.63%	-73.86%	-68.79%	$38.32	$18.48	46.56%	10.82%	0.69	146,000	31.53%
BRCC	BRC INC	$1.21	0.00%	-3.20%	0.00%	-29.65%	-17.12%	-59.80%	-80.73%	N/A	N/A	$3.34	$1.17	63.77%	3.42%	0.80	440,000	-7.56%
STKL	SUNOPTA INC	$3.82	-0.52%	-2.55%	3.52%	-39.65%	-33.80%	-51.40%	-52.07%	-61.95%	-43.24%	$7.93	$3.32	51.80%	15.06%	1.16	523,000	-42.15%
UTZ	UTZ BRANDS INC	$10.70	0.66%	9.41%	6.89%	-13.99%	-18.82%	-36.91%	-34.68%	-52.53%	N/A	$16.53	$9.20	35.27%	16.37%	0.54	2,482,000	13.02%
SMPL	SIMPLY GOOD FOODS CO	$19.66	2.88%	5.47%	-2.63%	-25.90%	-40.02%	-50.53%	-47.19%	-23.89%	N/A	$40.01	$18.45	50.86%	6.56%	0.75	1,670,000	25.00%
DAR	DARLING INGREDIENTS INC	$34.60	-1.23%	-1.06%	0.49%	4.47%	-10.46%	-2.04%	-42.00%	-38.26%	244.28%	$42.15	$26.00	17.91%	33.08%	1.11	1,972,000	8.95%
LW	LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS INC	$59.46	-0.57%	0.81%	5.71%	6.85%	10.21%	-27.77%	-31.74%	-24.39%	N/A	$68.79	$47.89	13.56%	24.16%	0.69	761,000	-23.59%
LFVN	LIFEVANTAGE CORP	$6.37	0.63%	-4.21%	1.27%	-40.74%	-49.84%	-61.63%	74.52%	-39.45%	-23.25%	$27.38	$5.98	76.73%	6.52%	0.78	151,000	-10.12%
FLO	FLOWERS FOODS INC	$11.10	0.73%	2.68%	0.27%	-16.98%	-30.01%	-46.94%	-61.18%	-51.55%	-49.98%	$20.92	$10.34	46.93%	7.35%	0.28	2,891,000	-21.95%
KHC	KRAFT HEINZ CO	$24.75	0.28%	1.64%	1.06%	-3.81%	-3.88%	-20.80%	-38.29%	-28.51%	-65.59%	$33.35	$23.70	25.79%	4.43%	0.27	14,094,000	-24.76%
DDC	DDC ENTERPRISE LTD	$2.10	-7.49%	-29.53%	-52.81%	-80.87%	-78.89%	-43.35%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$20.83	$1.62	89.92%	29.63%	1.46	52,400	58.79%
JBS	JBS NV	$14.12	-1.53%	0.64%	1.88%	-9.49%	0.86%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$16.75	$12.37	15.70%	14.15%	0.48	4,913,000	-6.72%
POST	POST HOLDINGS INC	$101.19	2.28%	4.70%	-4.42%	-1.64%	-10.07%	-12.49%	12.21%	2.38%	63.16%	$119.85	$95.07	15.57%	6.44%	0.42	907,000	3.78%
FTLF	FITLIFE BRANDS INC	$17.68	-2.32%	3.15%	0.45%	-5.05%	30.00%	5.55%	N/A	-15.41%	14.06%	$20.98	$9.83	15.73%	79.86%	0.70	9,400	-18.26%
MKC	MCCORMICK & CO INC	$68.65	0.56%	6.75%	6.32%	2.75%	-5.91%	-14.52%	-17.13%	-27.43%	61.93%	$86.24	$62.64	20.40%	9.59%	0.36	4,597,000	32.86%
BRBR	BELLRING BRANDS INC	$29.96	-3.14%	-10.03%	16.94%	-18.21%	-52.22%	-61.21%	21.05%	21.49%	N/A	$80.67	$22.45	62.86%	33.45%	0.83	4,899,000	-27.68%
HAIN	HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC	$1.17	5.41%	11.43%	-7.14%	-18.75%	-31.18%	-84.21%	-92.66%	-96.94%	-97.15%	$7.19	$1.00	83.73%	17.00%	0.75	2,752,000	116.18%
WYHG	WING YIP FOOD HOLDINGS GROUP LTD	$0.81	1.13%	-3.00%	10.07%	-39.63%	-43.43%	-84.56%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$12.00	$0.63	93.26%	27.80%	0.17	11,000	-14.73%
ABVE	ABOVE FOOD INGREDIENTS INC	$1.76	-3.83%	-39.31%	-10.66%	16.56%	13.55%	301.83%	-82.50%	N/A	N/A	$6.56	$0.25	73.17%	604.00%	0.53	1,432,000	6.79%
BHST	BIOHARVEST SCIENCES INC	$5.17	-6.09%	-10.02%	-22.45%	-42.61%	-25.90%	-16.56%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$12.80	$4.72	59.65%	9.34%	0.80	114,000	0.88%
FRPT	FRESHPET INC	$64.88	1.42%	1.63%	23.02%	21.45%	-9.79%	-55.68%	23.23%	-52.51%	699.01%	$164.07	$46.76	60.46%	38.75%	1.24	1,824,000	50.87%
JJSF	J&J SNACK FOODS CORP	$94.61	0.38%	1.96%	12.59%	-6.97%	-15.43%	-42.68%	-38.29%	-38.72%	-17.28%	$165.39	$80.67	42.80%	17.29%	0.39	187,000	-26.95%
CAG	CONAGRA BRANDS INC	$17.92	1.01%	2.75%	4.67%	-5.13%	-16.84%	-35.72%	-53.00%	-50.46%	-55.89%	$28.52	$16.60	37.16%	7.95%	0.21	8,250,000	3.15%
GIS	GENERAL MILLS INC	$48.61	3.38%	6.34%	3.49%	-1.16%	-8.42%	-26.27%	-44.20%	-18.58%	-15.06%	$67.35	$45.15	27.82%	7.66%	0.12	15,919,000	72.79%
CPB	CAMPBELL's CO	$28.71	0.10%	1.88%	-6.57%	-12.82%	-9.77%	-33.31%	-49.48%	-39.91%	-45.97%	$43.85	$27.85	34.53%	3.09%	0.13	4,495,000	-39.61%
HRL	HORMEL FOODS CORP	$23.99	1.39%	1.05%	7.68%	-3.62%	-20.19%	-25.38%	-47.26%	-49.78%	-39.64%	$32.07	$21.03	25.19%	14.08%	0.17	5,447,000	11.89%
WEST	WESTROCK COFFEE CO	$4.20	1.94%	0.48%	0.96%	-21.35%	-36.46%	-40.00%	-66.77%	N/A	N/A	$7.92	$3.59	46.97%	16.99%	0.57	320,000	-52.94%
IMG	CIMG INC	$1.40	19.66%	-36.65%	-52.05%	-75.86%	-79.77%	-88.94%	-99.30%	-99.98%	N/A	$28.80	$1.13	95.14%	23.57%	0.13	6,330,000	389.18%
BOF	BRANCHOUT FOOD INC	$3.16	-1.86%	-12.22%	6.04%	38.60%	63.73%	78.53%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.62	$1.53	12.71%	106.54%	0.69	36,500	-44.27%
BYND	BEYOND MEAT INC	$1.05	-4.55%	-14.63%	0.96%	-61.54%	-68.09%	-72.37%	-92.12%	-99.27%	N/A	$7.69	$0.50	86.35%	110.00%	1.82	42,384,000	-8.56%
BON	BON NATURAL LIFE LTD	$1.79	0.00%	-5.44%	1.70%	-2.72%	20.13%	-95.74%	-99.32%	N/A	N/A	$73.75	$1.14	97.57%	57.02%	0.24	13,700	-58.48%
BRLS	BOREALIS FOODS INC	$1.84	-2.65%	-3.66%	-43.73%	-32.85%	-64.48%	-68.44%	-82.08%	N/A	N/A	$7.49	$1.78	75.43%	3.66%	0.18	3,500	118.75%
CENT	CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO	$33.76	0.15%	-0.62%	8.76%	-4.93%	-1.43%	-21.73%	12.59%	11.40%	207.58%	$42.01	$28.77	19.64%	17.34%	0.70	69,000	11.83%
BRID	BRIDGFORD FOODS CORP	$7.61	-6.74%	-9.40%	-0.20%	-3.67%	-0.52%	-26.47%	-40.78%	-60.73%	-15.01%	$10.83	$7.24	29.73%	5.11%	0.21	3,100	785.71%
COOT	AUSTRALIAN OILSEEDS HOLDINGS LTD	$0.68	-10.80%	-20.26%	-34.90%	16.72%	-14.30%	-39.01%	-93.54%	-93.23%	N/A	$4.50	$0.45	84.96%	50.44%	0.25	107,000	141.53%
FARM	FARMER BROTHERS CO	$1.46	-2.01%	-6.41%	-3.95%	-21.93%	-0.68%	-22.34%	-67.56%	-64.39%	-95.37%	$3.29	$1.34	55.60%	9.36%	0.80	53,000	-39.77%
ORIS	ORIENTAL RISE HOLDINGS LTD	$0.10	0.00%	-17.21%	-15.13%	-27.86%	-88.90%	-93.08%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.85	$0.08	96.46%	32.89%	0.43	1,091,000	-64.03%
THS	TREEHOUSE FOODS INC	$23.94	0.42%	0.63%	1.66%	40.08%	18.75%	-29.59%	-49.04%	-43.50%	-70.29%	$40.77	$15.85	41.28%	51.04%	0.43	638,000	-23.04%
PAVS	PARANOVUS ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY LTD	$0.02	-13.04%	-47.37%	-96.35%	-97.65%	-97.73%	-98.33%	-99.58%	-99.95%	N/A	$1.50	$0.02	98.67%	17.65%	0.35	158,107,000	-40.67%
PETZ	TDH HOLDINGS INC	$1.03	-0.97%	1.49%	1.49%	-4.21%	-5.09%	-9.29%	-37.88%	-97.02%	N/A	$1.68	$0.65	38.99%	57.69%	1.01	8,800	72.55%
NAII	NATURAL ALTERNATIVES INTERNATIONAL INC	$3.14	-1.57%	-4.85%	6.08%	4.32%	-8.19%	-26.12%	-59.59%	-68.76%	-64.11%	$4.40	$2.57	28.64%	22.18%	0.43	20,000	80.18%
MEHA	FUNCTIONAL BRANDS INC	$0.24	-8.11%	-38.50%	-35.85%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.00	$0.21	97.03%	15.53%	8.19	1,877,000	49.21%
LSF	LAIRD SUPERFOOD INC	$2.02	-2.42%	-15.48%	-19.52%	-64.50%	-68.09%	-75.12%	119.57%	-95.84%	N/A	$8.96	$1.99	77.46%	1.51%	0.98	162,000	-25.69%
RKDA	ARCADIA BIOSCIENCES INC	$3.80	4.40%	3.83%	1.88%	8.42%	-23.69%	-35.59%	-64.81%	-96.76%	-99.86%	$6.71	$2.53	43.37%	50.20%	0.85	4,100	-58.59%
STKH	STEAKHOLDER FOODS LTD	$2.55	2.00%	-22.49%	-5.20%	-47.85%	-79.95%	-95.78%	-99.19%	N/A	N/A	$72.80	$2.13	96.50%	19.72%	0.84	11,000	-60.71%
JVA	COFFEE HOLDING CO INC	$3.65	0.00%	1.11%	-3.18%	-28.29%	-16.48%	-10.98%	88.14%	-6.65%	-9.88%	$9.93	$2.75	63.24%	32.73%	0.96	49,000	562.16%
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	$0.54	2.88%	-2.90%	-22.46%	-32.79%	-35.54%	-78.16%	N/A	-89.81%	-97.03%	$4.12	$0.47	87.01%	13.59%	1.64	47,000	-10.13%
NCRA	NOCERA INC	$0.93	-11.43%	-7.00%	-15.45%	-38.82%	-7.92%	1.75%	-27.12%	N/A	N/A	$2.40	$0.75	61.25%	23.51%	0.39	54,500	-84.29%
PLAG	PLANET GREEN HOLDINGS CORP	$2.03	1.50%	-16.46%	18.02%	8.56%	156.96%	-19.76%	-69.24%	-90.42%	-99.24%	$3.28	$0.47	38.11%	331.91%	0.83	24,000	-97.78%
HCWC	HEALTHY CHOICE WELLNESS CORP	$0.28	4.81%	-50.95%	-53.76%	-66.23%	-31.14%	-67.51%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.35	$0.25	87.96%	15.51%	0.29	235,000	-31.88%
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%	0.88	1,500	7.14%
ATPC	AGAPE ATP CORP	$0.14	56.67%	107.35%	-89.78%	-88.98%	-90.66%	-87.95%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.93	$0.05	95.19%	193.75%	0.16	355,311,000	889.39%

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 42.94% over the past year, overperforming other food stocks by 71 percentage points.

Natures Sunshine Products has an average 1 year price target of $22.50, an upside of 0.58% from Natures Sunshine Products's current stock price of $22.37.

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 48, which is 18 points higher than the food industry average of 30.

JBSS passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Sanfilippo John B & Son has seen its stock lose -14.07% 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 42.26% from Sanfilippo John B & Son's current stock price of $76.62.

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 42.86% over the past year, overperforming other food stocks by 71 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 12.08%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the food industry average of 4.47%. 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 7.81%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the food industry average of 4.47%. 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 6.63%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the food industry average of 4.47%. 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 0.51% in the last day, and up 2.14% over the last week. Cimg was the among the top gainers in the packaged foods industry, gaining 19.66% yesterday.

CIMG shares are trading higher after the company announced it acquired an additional 230 Bitcoin.

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 -61.63% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the food industry by -34 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 100.84% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the food industry by 129 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 -26.18% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the food industry by 2 percentage points.

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 20.77% 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 13.65x.

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