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National Beverage Corp. (FIZZ)

NASDAQ / Consumer Defensive / Beverages - Non-Alcoholic

Share price

34.31 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

3.21B USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2026, filed Jul 1, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 15, 2026
Filed years
16, FY2010 to FY2026
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on invested capital, after tax

50.9% Computed

From the FY2026 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

17.51x Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

4.9% Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2017 Revenue: 826.9M USDFY2017 Net income: 107.0M USDFY2018 Revenue: 975.7M USDFY2018 Net income: 149.8M USDFY2019 Revenue: 1.01B USDFY2019 Net income: 140.9M USDFY2020 Revenue: 1.00B USDFY2020 Net income: 130.0M USDFY2021 Revenue: 1.07B USDFY2021 Net income: 174.1M USDFY2022 Revenue: 1.14B USDFY2022 Net income: 158.5M USDFY2023 Revenue: 1.17B USDFY2023 Net income: 142.2M USDFY2024 Revenue: 1.19B USDFY2024 Net income: 176.7M USDFY2025 Revenue: 1.20B USDFY2025 Net income: 186.8M USDFY2026 Revenue: 1.18B USDFY2026 Net income: 183.6M USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
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The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 17.51x at the close of 2026-10-15 on FY2026 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits between 15.00x and 25.00x.

Today, against the Consumer Defensive sector (135 companies), 17.51x sits at the 38th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 13.84x to 33.63x.

Is it good

Return on invested capital was 50.9% in FY2026, in the band labelled "Exceptional" (20.0% and above), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting returns on the capital in the business well above the usual cost of that capital.

Today, against the Consumer Defensive sector (102 companies), 50.9% sits at the 100th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 2.7% to 14.1%.

Is it safe

National Beverage Corp. held more cash than debt at the end of FY2026 (net cash of 290.6m USD), so net debt to EBITDA is a net cash position rather than a leverage reading.

No peer distribution is published for net debt to EBITDA today; the year-by-year comparison uses the filed annual figures.

Year by year against peers
Whether National Beverage Corp.'s return on invested capital stayed above the median of the Consumer Defensive sector, year by year. (FY2017 to FY2026, 10 fiscal years of National Beverage Corp. with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way National Beverage Corp.'s return on invested capital has moved, and how steadily. (FY2017 to FY2026, 10 filed years of National Beverage Corp.)
What could explain it
What in National Beverage Corp.'s filed statements could explain the movements. (9 readings drawn from the statement lines National Beverage Corp. filed)
What to check next
What to check next on National Beverage Corp., and where in its filings. (4 questions for National Beverage Corp.)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on National Beverage Corp.'s returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (14 of sixteen figures read for National Beverage Corp.)

These are FIZZ’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2026 annual report: 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, accession 0001437749-26-022315.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

National Beverage Corp: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax50.9% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Return on equity28.9% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Return on capital employed, pre-tax32.1% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Return on assets21.6% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Gross margin37.0% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Operating margin19.5% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Net margin15.6% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
FIZZ 15.6%
COCO 11.7%CHA 10.2%CELH 4.3%PRMB 0.9%
0.9%15.6%
Net margin: FIZZ against the 4 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

National Beverage Corp: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity0.09 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Current ratio4.39 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Quick ratio3.68 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Interest coverage
Why n/a

No interest expense is filed for this year, so coverage is not computed.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Altman Z-score12.84 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Net debt-290.6M ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Total assets 851.6MTotal liabilities 215.9MShareholders' equity 635.7MOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What National Beverage Corp owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2026, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315).

National Beverage Corp: balance sheet position
Total assets851.6M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026
Total liabilities215.9M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026
Shareholders' equity635.7M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026
Cash349.5M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026
Total debt58.9M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026
Net debt-290.6M
Current ratio4.39
Debt to equity0.09
  • Interest cover: FY2026: No interest expense is filed for this year, so coverage is not computed.

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

National Beverage Corp: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings17.51x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
P/E on trailing twelve months18.03x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book5.06x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Price to sales2.72x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Enterprise value to EBIT12.70x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Enterprise value to EBITDA11.56x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Price to earnings over growth18.54 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Diluted earnings per share1.96 USD FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Graham number17.30 USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value FIZZ on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for National Beverage Corp today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

National Beverage Corp: valuation
Share price34.31 USD
Market capitalisation3.21B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDA11.56x
Graham number17.30 USD
Diluted earnings per share, FY20261.96 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Oct 3, 2016: low 0.30x, median 22.56x, high 68.70x, latest 18.03x. 2,119 trading days with a meaningful ratio, 403 more on a loss and left out. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like National Beverage Corp

  1. The Vita Coco Company, Inc. (COCO)Market cap 3.31B USD
  2. Chagee Holdings Limited American Depositary Shares (CHA)Market cap 2.37B USD
  3. Celsius Holdings, Inc. (CELH)Market cap 7.13B USD
  4. Primo Brands Corporation (PRMB)Market cap 6.87B USD

Same industry (Beverages - Non-Alcoholic) and size band (Mid, 2B to 10B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

National Beverage Corp: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield4.9% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Free cash flow156.1M USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Free cash flow margin13.2% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Dividend yield0.0% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Payout ratio0.0% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
FY2017 Free cash flow: 100.3M USDFY2017 Net income: 107.0M USDFY2018 Free cash flow: 122.7M USDFY2018 Net income: 149.8M USDFY2019 Free cash flow: 101.1M USDFY2019 Net income: 140.9M USDFY2020 Free cash flow: 153.8M USDFY2020 Net income: 130.0M USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 168.5M USDFY2021 Net income: 174.1M USDFY2022 Free cash flow: 104.1M USDFY2022 Net income: 158.5M USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 139.7M USDFY2023 Net income: 142.2M USDFY2024 Free cash flow: 167.6M USDFY2024 Net income: 176.7M USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 170.4M USDFY2025 Net income: 186.8M USDFY2026 Free cash flow: 156.1M USDFY2026 Net income: 183.6M USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

National Beverage Corp.: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
17.51xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
5.06xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
12.70xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
4.9%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
50.9%FY2026Jul 1, 2026
0.0%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
0.09FY2026Jul 1, 2026
4.39FY2026Jul 1, 2026
2.72xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
18.54FY2026Oct 15, 2026
12.84FY2026Oct 15, 2026
-2.47FY2026Jul 1, 2026
5/9FY2026Jul 1, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2026, the newest full year on file. 16 filed fiscal years on record, FY2010 to FY2026, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2017 to FY2026, read from the annual reports National Beverage Corp filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

National Beverage Corp: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY20261.18B230.1M183.6M1.96156.1M19.5%28.9%10-K, Jul 1, 20260001437749-26-022315
FY20251.20B235.5M186.8M1.99170.4M19.6%42.1%10-K, Jul 2, 20250001437749-25-022007
FY20241.19B218.5M176.7M1.89167.6M18.3%31.6%10-K, Jun 26, 20240001437749-24-021311
FY20231.17B186.7M142.2M1.52139.7M15.9%38.2%10-K, Jun 28, 20230001437749-23-018790
FY20221.14B207.9M158.5M1.69104.1M18.3%66.2%10-K, Jun 29, 20220001437749-22-016173
FY20211.07B227.8M174.1M1.86168.5M21.3%48.9%10-K, Jun 30, 20210001437749-21-016078
FY20201.00B165.7M130.0M1.39153.8M16.6%28.7%10-K, Jul 1, 20200001437749-20-014395
FY20191.01B179.9M140.9M1.50101.1M17.7%42.5%10-K, Jun 26, 20190001437749-19-012816
FY2018975.7M204.2M149.8M1.59122.7M20.9%45.2%10-K, Jun 27, 20180001437749-18-012472
FY2017826.9M163.0M107.0M1.15100.3Mn/a43.6%10-K, Jul 13, 20170001437749-17-012545
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 4.0%
  • Earnings, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 6.2%
  • Earnings per share, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 6.2%
  • Free cash flow, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 5.0%

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

National Beverage Corp: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-2.47 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Piotroski F-score5/9 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 1, 2026, 0001437749-26-022315
Named tests met4 of 30 Computed
Beta0.36 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 4 met, 23 not met, 3 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
Low beta, profitable; ROIC at or above WACC; High returns, low debt; High return on tangibles
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); EV/EBITDA and coverage; Dividends and buybacks; Near the 52-week low; Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); Owner earnings yield; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Clean books, high ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff)
Not measured
High yield, low payout; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Cash-covered dividend. A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(5)
  • Interest Coverage: No interest expense is filed for this year, so coverage is not computed.
  • Dividend Yield: The stored figure is a zero that can stand for data we do not hold, so this test is not measured.
  • Payout Ratio: The stored figure is a zero that can stand for data we do not hold, so this test is not measured.
  • Dividend Coverage Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Dividend Streak: The stored figure is a zero that can stand for data we do not hold, so this test is not measured.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by Javier Sanz Alvarez: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 5 figures could not be read on this company, among them Interest Coverage, Dividend Yield, Payout Ratio. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 3 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

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