B&G Foods, Inc. (BGS)
Consumer Defensive
- Fundamental
- 1
- Sentiment
- 2
- Technical
- 1
Do Nothing: fundamentalScore is 1 and qualitativeScore is 2, both below the required floor of 3; the strategy blocks any bullish entry regardless of the current chart.
Company overview
B&G Foods, Inc. manufactures and distributes a range of shelf-stable and frozen foods, as well as household products, in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. The company's product segments include Specialty, Meals, Frozen & Vegetables, and Spices & Flavor Solutions, marketed under various brands such as Crisco, Clabber Girl, and Green Giant. B&G Foods sells its products through direct distribution and a network of brokers and distributors to various retail and foodservice outlets.
Fundamental
very weakB&G Foods faces high leverage and negative profitability, with limited financial flexibility.
Leverage dominates the fundamentals: net debt/EBITDA is very high (~14.6x) and the Altman Z-score (~0.97) signals distress, while sales trend down and profitability remains negative (TTM net margin ~-4%). Cash flow is positive and the equity screens cheap (free-cash-flow yield ~22.8%), but SEC filings highlight heavy debt and costly refinancing, leaving little room for error. Overall this reads as a leveraged turnaround / credit-risk equity rather than a stable fundamental buy.
Sentiment
weakMarket sentiment is cautious, driven by declining sales and analyst target cuts.
Last ~14d media tone is mixed-to-slightly negative (polarity_score ≈ -0.10 vs a neutral 30–90d baseline ≈ 0.00) as Q2 sales-miss coverage and post-earnings analyst target trims outweighed the more constructive CEO appointment headlines. Conflicting actionable catalysts (bullish management change vs bearish earnings/sell-side) trigger a moderate red-flag cap, while the legal screen shows only plaintiff-law-firm solicitations with no regulator-confirmed investigation.
Technical
very weakThe stock remains in a bearish trend, lacking a short-term bullish edge.
Technical score 1/5: BGS remains below SMA20/50/200, EMA9/21, WMA21, and the latest daily VWAP, so the dominant trend is still down. RSI14 at 41.31 is weak, MACD is still below zero despite a slightly positive histogram, and ADX14 at 46.78 confirms the prevailing trend remains strong on the bearish side.
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