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B&G Foods

NYQ:BGS · US05508R1068
Food ProductsMedium

360

19
EV / EBIT42
Price / Owner Earnings79
Owner Earnings Yield1
Dividend Yield100
Price/Sales97
EV / Gross Profit27
Price/Book85
Return on Capital46
Cash Return on Capital25
Return on Equity10
EBIT Margin81
Gross Profitability23
Accruals81
Owner Earnings Margin23
Sales growth24
Profit Growth21
Long-Term EPS Growth42
Reinvestment11
Price momentum60
Debt load7
Refinancing99
Debt Payback1
Liquidity19
Analyst ratings1
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside54
Market mood6
Value Creation4/20not creating value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

B&G Foods doesn't consistently earn more than its cost of capital, so it isn't yet creating shareholder value.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryFood Products
SizeMedium
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNYSE
Founded1996
Employees731
ISINUS05508R1068
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Index & Theme
OrganicFast-Moving Consumer GoodsHospitality

Description

B&G Foods, Inc. (B&G Foods) manufactures, sells, and distributes a diverse portfolio of branded, high-quality, shelf-stable, and frozen food and household products across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Segments The company has four rep…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

B&G Foods, Inc. sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

Valuation data is not available for this company.

Growth is moderate; the safety picture is fragile. The company scores 4/20 on our value-creation score: not creating value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
15
2023202420252026

All-time high

68

Jan 2024

All-time low

11

Jan 2023

Average rank

37

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
97
91
81
67
Price/Earnings
85
95
80
71
Price/Book
85
91
85
86
Dividend Yield
100
98
98
96
Value (overall)
100
100
100
100

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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