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J & J Snack Foods Corp. — Earnings Quality Grade B

JJSF · Consumer Defensive

Generally healthy

Revenue
$1.6B
2025
Net Income
$66M
2025
Gross Margin
29.7%
Free Cash Flow
$82M
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Screening Summary

14
Passed
3
Watch
0
Failed
-2.84
M-Score

Management Signals

No recent CEO, CFO, board, or accounting leadership signals found in SEC 8-K filings.
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

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18-Point Screening

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Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 42 days, change -1 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth -2.7% vs revenue growth 0.5%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 0.5%, CFFO -4.6%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 1.2% vs COGS 2.3%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 12.6% vs revenue 0.5%. Normal

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B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 78.7%, exceeds 70%

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 29.7%, change -1.2pp. Stable

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Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 2.52. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.1B, FCF/NI = 1.25

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -7.2%. Low accruals

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C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.1B covers 65% of debt $0.2B

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Balance Sheet Health

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D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.4B = 37% of equity

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 1.0x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets -0.9% vs revenue 0.5%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change -3% YoY. Normal

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.84 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

04

Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.84
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
0.968
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
1.04
GMI
Gross margin declining?
0.962
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.005
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.964
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
0.998
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.072
TATA
Accruals level
0.997
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

6.29
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.2191
Liquidity
0.6082
Cumulative profit
0.0636
Operating efficiency
2.3305
Leverage

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25