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

SAFM POWR Grades

• SAFM scores best on the Growth dimension, with a Growth rank ahead of 98.89% of US stocks.
• SAFM's strongest trending metric is Stability; it's been moving up over the last 163 days.
• SAFM ranks lowest in Momentum; there it ranks in the 4th percentile.

SAFM Stock Summary

• SAFM's went public 32.11 years ago, making it older than 88.34% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -56.96%, Sanderson Farms Inc's debt growth rate surpasses merely 7.57% of about US stocks.
• In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, Sanderson Farms Inc is reporting a growth rate of -5,493.64%; that's higher than just 0.28% of US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to SAFM, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are JW.A, FNKO, INTT, SMED, and BMTX.
• 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 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -101.44%.
• Its 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -64.59%.
• The 3 year revenue growth rate now stands at 19.23%.

SAFM's revenue has moved up $1,268,920,000 over the prior 15 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
2021-09-30	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
2020-06-30	3,530.733	170.436	-22.519

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.