Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$115.92
+3.12% today
1Y Change
-34.57%
Window
Jun 27, 2025 โ Jun 25, 2026
Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 27, 2025 โ Jun 25, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
The Marzetti Company (MZTI) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $3.42B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $115.92 and down 34.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 27, 2025 โ Jun 25, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +2.0%, EPS growth of +5.4%, a dividend yield of 3.1%. What stands out right now is revenue +2.0%, EPS +5.4%, free cash flow +10.6% with operating margin 11.6% and ROIC 15.4%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.1%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 18.9 and price/sales 1.8. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines MZTI price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
MZTI
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
MZTI Max Drawdown
-44.65%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for MZTI and SPY.
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Dividend Yield
3.14%
Trailing 12M Payout
$2.95
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $1.00 | $1.00 | Quarterly |
| Dec 5, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $1.00 | $1.00 | Quarterly |
| Sep 8, 2025 | Sep 8, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.95 | $0.95 | Quarterly |
| Jun 6, 2025 | Jun 6, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.95 | $0.95 | Quarterly |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Mar 7, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.95 | $0.95 | Quarterly |
| Dec 5, 2024 | Dec 5, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $0.95 | $0.95 | Quarterly |
| Sep 9, 2024 | Sep 9, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.90 | $0.90 | Quarterly |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Jun 7, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.90 | $0.90 | Quarterly |
| Mar 6, 2024 | Mar 7, 2024 | Mar 29, 2024 | $0.90 | $0.90 | Quarterly |
| Dec 1, 2023 | Dec 4, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.90 | $0.90 | Quarterly |
| Sep 7, 2023 | Sep 8, 2023 | Sep 29, 2023 | $0.85 | $0.85 | Quarterly |
| Jun 8, 2023 | Jun 9, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 | $0.85 | $0.85 | Quarterly |
| Mar 8, 2023 | Mar 9, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | $0.85 | $0.85 | Quarterly |
| Dec 2, 2022 | Dec 5, 2022 | Dec 30, 2022 | $0.85 | $0.85 | Quarterly |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Sep 9, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | $0.80 | $0.80 | Quarterly |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Jun 9, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | $0.80 | $0.80 | Quarterly |
| Mar 8, 2022 | Mar 9, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | $0.80 | $0.80 | Quarterly |
| Dec 3, 2021 | Dec 6, 2021 | Dec 31, 2021 | $0.80 | $0.80 | Quarterly |
| Sep 9, 2021 | Sep 10, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | $0.75 | $0.75 | Quarterly |
| Jun 8, 2021 | Jun 9, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | $0.75 | $0.75 | Quarterly |
| Mar 8, 2021 | Mar 9, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | $0.75 | $0.75 | Quarterly |
| Dec 4, 2020 | Dec 7, 2020 | Dec 31, 2020 | $0.75 | $0.75 | Quarterly |
| Sep 8, 2020 | Sep 9, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | $0.70 | $0.70 | Quarterly |
| Jun 8, 2020 | Jun 9, 2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | $0.70 | $0.70 | Quarterly |
| Mar 5, 2020 | Mar 6, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 | $0.70 | $0.70 | Quarterly |
| Dec 5, 2019 | Dec 6, 2019 | Dec 31, 2019 | $0.70 | $0.70 | Quarterly |
| Sep 6, 2019 | Sep 9, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | $0.65 | $0.65 | Quarterly |
| Jun 6, 2019 | Jun 7, 2019 | Jun 28, 2019 | $0.65 | $0.65 | Quarterly |
| Mar 7, 2019 | Mar 8, 2019 | Mar 29, 2019 | $0.65 | $0.65 | Quarterly |
| Dec 6, 2018 | Dec 7, 2018 | Dec 28, 2018 | $0.65 | $0.65 | Quarterly |
| Sep 6, 2018 | Sep 7, 2018 | Sep 28, 2018 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Jun 7, 2018 | Jun 8, 2018 | Jun 29, 2018 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Mar 8, 2018 | Mar 9, 2018 | Mar 30, 2018 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Dec 7, 2017 | Dec 8, 2017 | Dec 29, 2017 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Sep 7, 2017 | Sep 8, 2017 | Sep 29, 2017 | $0.55 | $0.55 | Quarterly |
| Jun 6, 2017 | Jun 8, 2017 | Jun 30, 2017 | $0.55 | $0.55 | Quarterly |
| Mar 7, 2017 | Mar 9, 2017 | Mar 31, 2017 | $0.55 | $0.55 | Quarterly |
| Dec 7, 2016 | Dec 9, 2016 | Dec 30, 2016 | $0.55 | $0.55 | Quarterly |
| Sep 7, 2016 | Sep 9, 2016 | Sep 30, 2016 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Jun 7, 2016 | Jun 9, 2016 | Jun 30, 2016 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
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