Sanderson Farms, Inc. (SAFM): Price and Financial Metrics

SAFM POWR Grades

• Growth is the dimension where SAFM ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 97.35% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for SAFM is in Value, which has been heading up over the past 48 weeks.
• SAFM ranks lowest in Momentum; there it ranks in the 16th percentile.

SAFM Stock Summary

• SAFM's went public 31.78 years ago, making it older than 88.22% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -77.51%, Sanderson Farms Inc's debt growth rate surpasses just 4.08% of about US stocks.
• Over the past twelve months, SAFM has reported earnings growth of -564.68%, putting it ahead of merely 3.84% of US stocks in our set.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Sanderson Farms Inc are FRD, MANT, ROCK, CVET, and WDFC.
• Visit SAFM's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.sandersonfarms.com.

SAFM Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Consumer Defensive stock, SAFM's price/sales ratio is 28.57% lower, now standing at 1.
• Over the past 243 months, SAFM's price/earnings ratio has gone up 5.6.
• Over the past 243 months, SAFM's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 3.9.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for SAFM.

SAFM Growth Metrics

• Its 4 year price growth rate is now at 44.38%.
• Its 4 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -51.83%.
• Its 3 year revenue growth rate is now at 19.23%.

SAFM's revenue has moved up $1,099,961,000 over the prior 33 months.

The table below shows SAFM's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-06-30	4,335.965	477.022	299.074
2021-03-31	3,939.664	402.813	167.121
2020-12-31	3,650.495	297.301	76.328
2020-09-30	3,564.267	222.009	28.274
2020-06-30	3,530.733	170.436	-22.519
2020-03-31	3,519.43	119.774	-1.967

SAFM's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• SAFM has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 94.5% of graded US stocks.
• SAFM's asset turnover comes in at 2.192 -- ranking 4th of 57 Food Products stocks.
• LWAY, DAR, and MDLZ are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with SAFM.

The table below shows SAFM's key quality metrics over time.