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

SAFM POWR Grades

• SAFM scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 98.62% of US stocks.
• SAFM's strongest trending metric is Momentum; it's been moving down over the last 179 days.
• SAFM ranks lowest in Momentum; there it ranks in the 0th percentile.

SAFM Stock Summary

• SAFM's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 0.42 -- higher than just 2.64% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• Over the past twelve months, SAFM has reported earnings growth of 1,507.37%, putting it ahead of 98.58% of US stocks in our set.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, SAFM is more volatile than only 0.76% of stocks we're observing.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Sanderson Farms Inc are AGX, BTN, GNLN, MPX, and IPDN.
• SAFM's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Sanderson Farms Inc's official 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

The 3 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at -106.53%.
• Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at 11.94%.
• Its 2 year price growth rate is now at 26.03%.

SAFM's revenue has moved up $2,500,995,000 over the prior 70 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
2021-12-31	5,217.775	890.554	638.418
2021-09-30	4,799.653	623.483	455.089
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

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 94.61% of graded US stocks.
• SAFM's asset turnover comes in at 2.192 -- ranking 6th of 58 Food Products stocks.
• MKC, MDLZ, and MMMB are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with SAFM.

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