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Record Quarter and Foodservice Surge Could Be A Game Changer For Marzetti (MZTI)

Simply Wall St · 4d ago
  • The Marzetti Company recently reported fiscal first-quarter results showing 3.5% year-on-year revenue growth, surpassing analyst expectations by 1.8%, with CEO David A. Ciesinski citing record sales, gross profit, and operating income driven by New York Bakery frozen garlic bread and licensed sauces such as Chick-fil-A, Olive Garden, and Buffalo Wild Wings.
  • An interesting angle is the 8.2% increase in Foodservice segment net sales, where higher demand from national restaurant accounts and inflationary pricing have become a meaningful engine of growth across the portfolio.
  • Next, we will explore how this record quarter, particularly the Foodservice segment’s strong expansion, could influence Marzetti’s existing investment narrative.

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Marzetti Investment Narrative Recap

To own Marzetti, you have to believe its brands and foodservice partnerships can keep compounding value even as consumer tastes and retailer power keep shifting. The record quarter, helped by 8.2% Foodservice growth, supports the near term catalyst of stronger restaurant channel demand, but does not materially change the bigger risk that private label and retailer consolidation could pressure pricing power over time.

The recent dividend increase to US$1.00 per share, extending a 63 year streak of annual growth, is the announcement that most clearly sits alongside this quarter’s results, reinforcing Marzetti’s identity as an income oriented, steady compounder. For investors, that dividend track record pairs with the current Foodservice momentum as a combined catalyst, but it also raises questions about how much flexibility the company retains if input cost volatility or retailer pressure intensifies.

Yet behind the strong Foodservice print, investors should be aware of how retailer consolidation could eventually affect pricing and margins...

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Marzetti's narrative projects $2.0 billion revenue and $201.0 million earnings by 2028. This requires 1.7% yearly revenue growth and about a $34 million earnings increase from $166.9 million today.

Uncover how Marzetti's forecasts yield a $199.00 fair value, a 20% upside to its current price.

Exploring Other Perspectives

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Three Simply Wall St Community estimates place Marzetti’s fair value between US$132.85 and US$199, underlining how far individual views can spread. When you set that against the risk of rising private label pressure, it becomes even more important to compare multiple perspectives on how resilient Marzetti’s earnings power really is.

Explore 3 other fair value estimates on Marzetti - why the stock might be worth as much as 20% more than the current price!

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