How to buy Sovos Brands stock (Sovos Brands)

Sovos Brands, a Berkeley, California-based food and beverage holding company that owns brands like Rao's Homemade and Noosa yogurt, completed its initial public offering, selling 23.3 million shares at $12 each, below the $14 to $16 range previously announced.

Shares commenced trading on the Nasdaq, debuting at $14.75.

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Sovos Brands stock price (NASDAQ: SOVO)

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Sovos Brands shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-04-21.

52-week range	$21.97 - $23.00
50-day moving average more info button	$22.34
200-day moving average more info button	$21.48
Wall St. target price	$23.00
PE ratio more info button	79.2414
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$0.29

Is it a good time to buy Sovos Brands stock?

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Is Sovos Brands stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Sovos Brands stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Sovos Brands's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Sovos Brands's P/E ratio

Sovos Brands's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 79x. In other words, Sovos Brands shares trade at around 79x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

However, Sovos Brands's P/E ratio is best considered in relation to those of others within the packaged foods industry or those of similar companies.

• Mondelez International (MDLZ.US): 21.28
• Kellanova (K.US): 26.89
• Kraft Heinz (KHC.US): 27.30

Sovos Brands's EBITDA

Sovos Brands's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $131.7 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Sovos Brands's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

To put Sovos Brands's EBITDA into context you can compare it against that of similar companies.

• Mondelez International (MDLZ.US): USD$7.4 billion
• Kellanova (K.US): USD$2 billion
• Kraft Heinz (KHC.US): USD$6.4 billion

Sovos Brands financials

Revenue TTM	$1 billion
Operating margin TTM	11.19%
Gross profit TTM	$248.6 million
Return on assets TTM	5.11%
Return on equity TTM	6%
Profit margin	2.96%
Book value	$5.22
Market Capitalization more info button	$2.3 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Sovos Brands share dividends

We're not expecting Sovos Brands to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

You may also wish to consider:

• Mondelez International (MDLZ.US) (3.13% forward annual dividend yield)
• Kellanova (K.US) (2.84% forward annual dividend yield)
• Kraft Heinz (KHC.US) (5.28% forward annual dividend yield)

Sovos Brands share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Sovos Brands's shares have ranged in value from as little as $21.97 up to $23. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Sovos Brands's is 0.014. This would suggest that Sovos Brands's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

To put Sovos Brands's beta into context you can compare it against those of similar companies.

• Mondelez International (MDLZ.US): 0.561
• Kellanova (K.US): 0.395
• Kraft Heinz (KHC.US): 0.475

Sovos Brands overview

Sovos Brands, Inc. , through its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer-packaged food company that manufactures, distributes, and sells consumer food products in the United States. It operates in two segments, Dinner and Sauces, and Breakfast and Snacks. The company's principal products comprise pasta sauces, dry pasta, soups, frozen entrees, frozen pizza, yogurts, pancake and waffle mixes, other baking mixes, and frozen waffles under the Rao's, Michael Angelo's, and noosa brands. It sells its products principally to retail outlets and wholesale distributors, including traditional supermarkets, mass merchants, warehouse clubs, wholesalers, specialty food distributors, and military commissaries, as well as non-food outlets, including drug store chains, dollar stores, and e-commerce retailers. Sovos Brands, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Louisville, Colorado.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Sovos Brands is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 4.222% of Sovos Brands shares are held by insiders and 110.301% by institutions. How many people work for Sovos Brands?
Latest data suggests 751 work at Sovos Brands. When does the fiscal year end for Sovos Brands?
Sovos Brands's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Sovos Brands based?
Sovos Brands's address is: 168 Centennial Parkway, Louisville, CO, United States, 80027 What is Sovos Brands's ISIN number?
Sovos Brands's international securities identification number is: US84612U1079