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MZTI The Marzetti Company

NASDAQ Global Market · Packaged Foods · Consumer Defensive

$115.87
-0.18 (-0.16%)

The Marzetti Company is a producer and distributor of various specialized food items. Their extensive product line includes garlic breads, dinner rolls, salad dressings, dips, pasta, and croutons. These offerings are supplied to both retail outlets for consumers and the commercial foodservice industry across the United States.

Market Cap: $3.18Bwww.marzetticompany.com

Price

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Signal Score (90d)

120
120
Aug 17Aug 17

Revenue

$453.37M+17.59%
$385.57M$429.69M$473.82M$517.95M
Jun 2021Mar 2026

Quote

Day Range
$114.71 – $116.55
52-Week Range
$104.28 – $190.96
Volume
$104.3K
Market Cap
$3.18B
50-Day Avg
$110.74
200-Day Avg
$141.19
Prev Close
$116.05
Open
$115.08

Valuation & Ratios

P/E Ratio
28.42
EPS
$6.09
P/B Ratio
4.75
P/S Ratio
2.49
Debt/Equity
0.06
Current Ratio
2.38
Dividend Yield
+2.2%
Gross Margin
+23.9%

Returns & Efficiency

Return on Equity
+16.8%
Return on Assets
+13.1%
FCF Yield
+4.3%
EV/EBITDA
16.13

Revenue & Net Income (Annual)

Fiscal YearRevenueNet IncomeEPS
2025$1.91B$167.35M$6.08
2024$1.87B$158.61M$5.77
2023$1.82B$111.29M$4.04
2022$1.68B$89.59M$3.26
2021$1.47B$142.33M$5.17

Social Signal Score

70
5d
71
1 mentions
30d
70
1 mentions
60d
70
1 mentions
90d
70
1 mentions
news: 1

Earnings

Tue, Aug 25(in 7 days)

Consensus estimate $1.40 per share

2of 7 quarters beat consensus

Typical surprise -1.5% (median, so one quarter with a near-zero estimate can't distort it)

  • Mon, May 4$1.47 vs $1.57miss
  • Tue, Feb 3$2.20 vs $2.23miss
  • Tue, Nov 4$1.74 vs $1.70beat
  • Thu, Aug 21$1.33 vs $1.35miss
  • Wed, Apr 30$1.54 vs $1.61miss
  • Tue, Feb 4$2.22 vs $1.94beat

Estimates and results for MZTI via Financial Modeling Prep. Beating consensus says the company cleared the bar analysts set, not that the business grew.

Insider trading

Open-market buys and sells by MZTI officers and directors.

Bought
$621k

3 trades

Sold
$3.6m

3 trades

  • Viso Luissold
    Chief Supply Chain Officer·1,221 @ $109.31·$133k·Jun 11, 2026·filing
  • Pigott, Thomas K.bought
    VP, CFO and Asst. Secretary·900 @ $109.01·$98k·Jun 10, 2026·filing
  • Ciesinski David Alansold
    director, officer: President and CEO·17,000 @ $191.19·$3.3m·Feb 13, 2025·filing
  • Fullen Elliot K.bought
    director·3,000 @ $169.00·$507k·Aug 27, 2024·filing
  • Knight George F. Iiibought
    director·75 @ $206.51·$15k·Mar 8, 2024·filing
  • Bird Kristinsold
    President-Foodservice Division·1,207 @ $192.66·$233k·Feb 16, 2024·filing

94 further Form 4 entries are share awards, option exercises or shares withheld for tax. Those are compensation, not trades, so they are excluded above. Buying is the stronger signal: an insider spends their own money for one reason. Selling has many innocent explanations — tax, diversifying, a house — so it says far less than it appears to. Via SEC filings.

Valuation

Project earnings forward and see what return today's price implies.

Seeded from MZTI's reported EPS growth of 4.1% a year over 4 years.

EPS in 5 years
$7.45
Implied price
$208.54
Return from $115.87
12.5% a year

To earn 15.0% a year on these assumptions you'd need to buy at $103.68 -10.5% below today's price.

How sensitive is that answer?

Annual return across nearby assumptions. If the result is only attractive in one corner, that is the finding.

growth \ P/E2024283236
-5.9%-4.9%-1.4%1.7%4.4%6.9%
-0.9%0.1%3.8%7.1%10.0%12.6%
4.1%5.2%9.1%12.5%15.5%18.3%
9.1%10.2%14.3%17.9%21.1%23.9%
14.1%15.3%19.5%23.3%26.6%29.6%

This is arithmetic on assumptions you chose, not a forecast or a recommendation. It ignores dividends, buybacks, share issuance and debt, and it assumes a company still earning money in 5 years. Change any input and the answer changes a lot — that sensitivity is the honest result, not a flaw in the model.

Mentions (1)

  • Newsseekingalpha.com·5h ago·Positive

    The Marzetti Company: Dividend King With Double-Digit Total Return Potential The Marzetti Company (MZTI) is rated a STRONG BUY, offering a 3.45% yield and double-digit total return potential. MZTI's management owns nearly 30% of shares, maintains a pristine balance sheet, and has increased dividends for 63 consecutive years. Recent setbacks stemmed from acquisition-related SG&A costs and tough comps, but I expect EPS to grow 8% annually going forward.

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