Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, shelf-stable foods specialist B&G Foods
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at B&G's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
B&G facts
Headquarters (Founded) | Parsippany, N.J. (1996) |
Market Cap | $836.2 million |
Industry | Packaged foods and meats |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $527.9 million |
Management |
CEO David Wenner CFO Robert Cantwell |
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | 12.8% |
Cash/Debt | $101.5 million / $477.9 million |
Dividend Yield | 4.8% |
Competitors |
General Mills
J.M. Smucker |
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 97% of the 213 members who have rated B&G believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include empraptor and All-Star TMF1000, who is ranked in the top 0.5% of our community.
Just last month, empraptor tapped B&G as a rather tasty income opportunity: "I figure canned foods is a good business to be in in this economy and I figure dividend will make this stock more attractive as yield from other investment options drop."
In fact, B&G currently boasts a juicy dividend yield of 4.8%. That's higher than that of much larger food stocks like General Mills (3.3%), J.M. Smucker (2.7%), and Kraft
CAPS All-Star TMF1000 expands on the B&G outperform argument:
The dividend yield is 5%. That wouldn't be enough for me to add this company, but they were on fire before the mini-crash. They are introducing healthier food products like the Ortega whole wheat taco shell. That new product has been a good one for them. Transportation costs hurt them, but gas prices are lower now and should help the next quarter. They produced $22 million in cash flow for the first six months of the year. And made $1.82 per share in cash flow in 2010. TTM cash flow is $71 million or $1.46 per share giving them a cash flow yield of 8.7%. Very cheap.
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