I was taking a cruise through the snack food universe (through the charts, not the grocery store aisles), and I found this pretty chart that I wanted to share with you of J&J Snack Foods Corp (JJSF) (click all images to make larger).
There is much to like about this name both fundamentally and technically (but see longer term chart below).
Technically:
- Beautiful inverse head and shoulders pattern
- clean breakout at neckline on good 2.33 x relative volume
- clearing of volume@price overhang bars
- caution warranted to wait for a pull back on the overextended price
Fundamentally (check them out on FINVIZ):
- They have a quarterly cash dividend of .1175 up from .1075 (though I don't screen for that)
- Recently beat on earnings
- Great balance sheet (cash, good current ratio, no l-t debt)
I also like to take a step back and look at longer term charts. Let's look at a monthly chart:
Lots of happy holders in this name! However, the chart is approaching all time highs; accordingly it would be wise to look at valuations in addition to earnings growth as part of your due diligence to see if it fits with your investment theme.
Disclosure: Watch list!
