The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

MZTI

Concerning the House

The Marzetti Company engages in manufacturing and marketing of specialty food products for the retail and foodservice channels in the United States. It operates in two segments, Retail and Foodservice. The company offers frozen garlic breads under the New York Bakery brand; frozen Parkerhouse style yeast and dinner rolls under the Sister Schubert's brand; salad dressings under the Marzetti, Cardini's, Marzetti Simply, and Girard's brands; vegetable and fruit dips under the Marzetti brand; croutons and salad toppings under the New York Bakery, Chatham Village, and Marzetti brands; and frozen pasta under the Marzetti Frozen Pasta brand. It also manufactures and sells various products to brand license agreements, including Olive Garden dressings, Buffalo Wild Wings sauces, Chick-fil-A sauces and dressing, Texas Roadhouse steak sauces and frozen rolls, and Subway sauces. The company sells its products through sales personnel, food brokers, and distributors to retailers and restaurants. The Marzetti Company was formerly known as Lancaster Colony Corporation and changed its name to The Marzetti Company in June 2025. The company was founded in 1896 and is based in Westerville, Ohio.

United States · www.marzetticompany.com

The Long Run

FY 2012–2025 · 14 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$1.82B+4.3%
Gross profit$455.65M+5.1%
Operating income$220.32M+3.2%
Net income$111.29M+14.9%
Cash from ops$261.50M+4.5%
Quotation

$117.42

+1.52 (+1.3%)

52w hi$184.18
52w lo$104.72
Vol398.17K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.49

Short-0.22
Medium-0.76
Long-0.50

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

The Marzetti Company

Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

Market cap$3.22B
Enterprise value$3.00B
Trailing P/E18.40x
Forward P/E16.27x
EV / EBITDA10.01x
P / S (ttm)1.66x
Profit margin9.1%
Return on equity17.2%
Revenue growth-1.0%
Earnings growth-9.4%
Debt / equity3.56
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.29
Corr SPX0.15
Annual vol30.8%
Annual ret-19.8%
Sharpe-0.64
Max DD-47.7%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.19
Sector+0.02
Technical-0.48
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.65

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$116.33$118.42$115.96$117.42398.17K
Aug 12$114.02$115.90$113.33$115.90265.20K
Aug 11$113.24$116.46$113.10$115.02267.80K
Aug 10$113.00$115.00$112.27$114.04325.00K
Aug 7$109.87$113.56$109.36$113.48222.90K