Sanfilippo John B & SON Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Sanfilippo John B & SON Inc had return on equity of 16.7%, an operating margin of 7.6%, debt equal to 21.9% of equity and a current ratio of 2.08. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Sanfilippo John B & SON Inc: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2010Jun 2010	2011Jun 2011	2012Jun 2012	2013Jun 2013	2014Jun 2014	2015Jun 2015	2016Jun 2016	2017Jun 2017	2018Jun 2018	2019Jun 2019	2020Jun 2020	2021Jun 2021	2022Jun 2022	2023Jun 2023	2024Jun 2024	2025Jun 2025	2026Jun 2026	LTMSept 2026
Gross margin	16.9%	12.5%	15.3%	16.3%	15.8%	14.9%	14.4%	16.8%	15.6%	18.1%	20.0%	21.5%	20.9%	21.2%	20.1%	18.4%	18.0%	17.7%
Operating margin	5.3%	1.5%	4.7%	5.7%	6.0%	5.8%	5.6%	7.1%	6.3%	6.7%	8.9%	9.9%	9.1%	9.0%	8.0%	7.7%	7.6%	7.0%
Net margin	2.6%	0.4%	2.4%	3.0%	3.4%	3.3%	3.2%	4.3%	3.7%	4.5%	6.1%	7.0%	6.5%	6.3%	5.6%	5.3%	5.3%	4.8%
Free-cash-flow margin	6.0%	0.3%	1.2%	3.9%	0.3%	−0.1%	7.8%	4.9%	6.0%	7.8%	5.5%	9.3%	0.2%	10.4%	6.9%	−1.8%	3.0%	2.6%
Return on equity	8.0%	1.6%	8.9%	10.5%	11.9%	12.5%	12.3%	14.8%	13.6%	15.9%	22.0%	24.9%	23.7%	22.0%	19.6%	17.2%	16.7%	15.0%
Return on assets	—	0.8%	4.7%	5.8%	6.8%	7.1%	7.4%	9.2%	8.0%	9.8%	13.5%	14.8%	14.6%	14.4%	12.8%	10.6%	9.9%	8.5%
Asset turnover	—	1.92	1.94	1.97	2.02	2.15	2.31	2.15	2.18	2.17	2.20	2.13	2.26	2.29	2.27	1.99	1.87	1.75
Current ratio	—	1.58	1.73	2.06	2.22	2.12	2.91	2.31	2.12	2.69	2.13	2.25	2.31	2.97	2.34	2.22	2.08	1.96
Debt to equity	0.0%	55.1%	47.2%	34.5%	35.1%	40.1%	17.6%	24.7%	27.1%	10.9%	19.7%	9.6%	18.4%	2.7%	8.5%	20.3%	21.9%	28.4%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	—	1.6x	6.1x	8.8x	10.8x	13.1x	15.2x	20.8x	16.2x	19.1x	39.2x	59.1x	45.5x	41.8x	33.4x	23.8x	36.7x	38.3x
Effective tax rate	36.9%	−1.8%	34.7%	38.4%	34.0%	34.7%	34.6%	33.3%	34.1%	24.7%	25.6%	25.2%	24.4%	26.4%	24.6%	24.3%	25.4%	25.3%
R&D as % of revenue	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	—
Capital spending as % of revenue	1.5%	0.8%	1.1%	1.0%	1.3%	1.6%	1.6%	1.3%	1.5%	1.7%	1.7%	2.9%	1.9%	2.1%	2.7%	4.6%	7.5%	6.2%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	232.8%	72.0%	48.9%	131.2%	7.7%	−1.6%	244.2%	115.7%	162.8%	173.3%	89.8%	133.1%	3.0%	165.3%	121.8%	−34.2%	57.7%	53.9%
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	—	50.0%	63.1%	57.2%	74.0%	156.3%	87.3%	73.7%	127.0%	96.2%	55.9%	87.4%	57.8%	41.4%	75.5%	93.4%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	—	—	—	38.1%	820.9%	—	30.3%	135.1%	53.6%	42.5%	141.5%	72.3%	>999%	52.9%	47.4%	—	130.8%	173.3%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Sanfilippo John B & SON Inc: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2025 Q2Dec 2024	2025 Q3Mar 2025	2025 Q4Jun 2025	2026 Q1Sept 2025	2026 Q2Dec 2025	2026 Q3Mar 2026	2026 Q4Jun 2026	2027 Q1Sept 2026
Gross margin	17.4%	21.4%	18.1%	18.1%	18.8%	19.1%	15.7%	17.0%
Operating margin	6.4%	10.8%	7.5%	9.0%	8.3%	8.4%	4.4%	6.7%
Net margin	4.5%	7.7%	5.0%	6.3%	5.7%	6.0%	3.0%	4.6%
Free-cash-flow margin	−0.9%	−14.4%	8.6%	2.4%	12.7%	−7.6%	3.5%	0.7%
Current ratio	2.04	2.01	2.22	2.44	2.27	2.30	2.08	1.96
Debt to equity	1.8%	1.7%	4.0%	8.2%	7.8%	10.5%	11.5%	11.5%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

5 of 7 checks passed · September 24, 2026

What it owns · $673m

Short-term assets $339mLonger-term assets $334m

What it owes, and who funded it · $673m

Short-term liabilities $173mLonger-term liabilities $129mShareholders' equity $371m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $339m of assets due within a year against $173m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $339m short-term assets against $129m of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $2m of cash against $43m of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 12% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 3% to 12% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $102m of operating cash flow against $43m of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $82m against $2m of interest.

From Sanfilippo John B & SON Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

64 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Sanfilippo John B & SON's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 18 / 20

Net income has been a median 11.0% of total assets over 9 years.
Pricing power 8 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 18.8%, moving by 2.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 11 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 8.0%; its worst year was 5.5%.
Cash conversion 12 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 4.9% of revenue.
Discipline 16 / 20

The diluted share count rose 2.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.3% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Sanfilippo John B & SON Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Sanfilippo John B & SON Inc.