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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.

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:

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: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR) has a Due Diligence Score of 36, which is 5 points higher than the food industry average of 31.

NATR passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Natures Sunshine Products has seen its stock return 21.94% over the past year, overperforming other food stocks by 45 percentage points.

Natures Sunshine Products has an average 1 year price target of $20.50, an upside of 21.73% from Natures Sunshine Products's current stock price of $16.84.

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.

Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) is the #2 top food stock out of 65 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 Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) has a Due Diligence Score of 27, which is -4 points lower than the food industry average of 31. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates HLF as a "B".

HLF passed 9 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Herbalife has seen its stock return 30.45% over the past year, overperforming other food stocks by 54 percentage points.

Herbalife has an average 1 year price target of $11.33, an upside of 23.05% from Herbalife's current stock price of $9.21.

Herbalife stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Herbalife, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Pilgrims Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) is the #3 top food stock out of 65 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 Pilgrims Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Pilgrims Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) has a Due Diligence Score of 59, which is 28 points higher than the food industry average of 31.

PPC passed 22 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Pilgrims Pride has seen its stock return 3.63% over the past year, overperforming other food stocks by 27 percentage points.

Pilgrims Pride has an average 1 year price target of $49.00, an upside of 15.19% from Pilgrims Pride's current stock price of $42.54.

Pilgrims Pride stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Pilgrims Pride, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 19 food stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 food stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) has an annual dividend yield of 12.42%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the food industry average of 3.47%. 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 -26.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) has an annual dividend yield of 7.39%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the food industry average of 3.47%. 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 58.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) has an annual dividend yield of 6.17%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the food industry average of 3.47%. 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 -35.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Food stocks were up 1.2% in the last day, and down -1.48% over the last week.

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

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:

Nomad Foods (NYSE:NOMD) 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.

Nomad Foods 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.

Nomad Foods's stock has dropped -29.18% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the food industry by -6 percentage points.

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 5 points higher than the food industry average of 24. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Herbalife's stock has gained 30.45% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the food industry by 54 percentage points.

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 57, which is 33 points higher than the food industry average of 24. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lifevantage's stock has gained 7.85% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the food industry by 31 percentage points.

36.84% of food stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect food stocks to rise by 21.67% over the next year.

2.17% of food stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 15.22% of food stocks are rated B (Buy), 69.57% are rated C (Hold), 10.87% are rated D (Sell), and 2.17% are rated F (Strong Sell).