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JBS N.V.

JBS · NYQ · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

Current price

$12.42

52-week range

$10.61 - $18.65

Market cap

$13.30B

One-glance verdict

Overvalued

$-2.68 our estimate vs market $12.42

Wall Street consensus: $18.63 (-795.5% lower than our fair-value estimate)

Balance sheet

Distressed

2.56x Stretched

Net debt $22.17B. Interest coverage shows how many times profit covers the interest bill.

What this company does

JBS N.V.

JBS N.V. is a massive global company that processes and sells a variety of meats like beef, pork, and chicken, as well as other food products. Most of their money comes from selling these animal proteins, which is important because it shows where their core business strengths lie in feeding people around the world. They also have other businesses that contribute to their overall sales, like leather goods and biodiesel.

Price history

How the share price has moved

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Is it cheap or expensive?

Fair value $-2.68 vs current price $12.42

Wall Street consensus is the average analyst price target: $18.63 (-795.5% lower than our fair-value estimate).

Our most-likely fair value is $-2.68 a share — about 121.6% below today's price of $12.42, so the stock currently looks expensive (overvalued).

overvalued

We estimate the cash this business should generate over the next 10 years and beyond, then convert it to today's money for a fair value per share, in its trading currency. Cautious, middle and optimistic growth cases give a range. Not for banks/insurers.

Base

Growth 7.0% · Discount 8.1% · Terminal 2.5%

$-2.68

Bear

Growth 3.0% · Discount 8.1% · Terminal 2.5%

$-8.01

Bull

Growth 12.0% · Discount 8.1% · Terminal 2.5%

$5.81

Is it drowning in debt?

Distressed

Net debt $22.2B. Interest coverage 2.6x.

Net debt $22.17B
Interest coverage 2.56x

JBS N.V.'s profit covers its interest bill about 2.6 times over. which is weaker than most peers shown here.

Distressed
Worse cushion Baseline Better cushion
JBS BASELINE JBS N.V.

Total debt $25.64B Interest coverage 2.56x This is the baseline the peer rows are being compared against.

2.56x
TSN Tyson Foods, Inc.

Total debt $8.01B Interest coverage 3.21x +25% vs JBS Carries about 1.3x more debt cushion than JBS.

3.21x +25% vs JBS
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation

Total debt $2.86B Interest coverage 11.47x +347% vs JBS Carries about 4.5x more debt cushion than JBS.

11.47x +347% vs JBS
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc.

Total debt $2.40B Interest coverage 31.51x +1,129% vs JBS Carries about 12.3x more debt cushion than JBS.

31.51x +1,129% vs JBS
WH Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

Total debt $2.73B Interest coverage 3.46x +35% vs JBS Carries about 1.4x more debt cushion than JBS.

3.46x +35% vs JBS

What you should know

The case for and against JBS

3 Rewards 3 Risks

Rewards

  • Revenue grew 11.7% last year.
  • Returns 13.4% on equity, ahead of 40% of its peers.
  • Free cash flow was positive in 4/10 years.

Risks

  • Stock trades 52.1% above its 5-year average P/E.
  • Net debt grew 16.9% over 3 years.
  • Operating margin compressed from 6.5% to 3.1% over 3 years.

The numbers

All the key metrics, grouped by purpose

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Valuation

How expensive the stock looks

P/E (TTM)
11.61x
Forward P/E
8.91x
P/B
1.62x
P/S
0.15x
EV/EBITDA
6.57x
PEG ratio
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Profitability

How much profit each dollar creates

Gross margin
11.8%
Operating margin
3.1%
Net margin
1.2%
ROE
13.4%
ROA
4.9%

Health

Liquidity and balance-sheet strength

Debt / equity
2.83x
Current ratio
1.53x
Quick ratio
0.70x
Total debt
$25.64B
Total cash
$3.47B

Growth

How the business has been compounding

Revenue TTM
$91.17B
Revenue 5Y CAGR
5.9%
EPS TTM
1.07
EPS 5Y CAGR
12.1%

Cash flow

How much cash the business throws off

Operating CF TTM
$2.93B
Free CF TTM
$825.56M
FCF margin
0.9%

Dividend

Shareholder payout

Yield
8.1%
Payout ratio
93.5%
Last ex-div date
2026-05-18