Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods
Bridgford Foods Corporation BRID
$5.59 +0.00% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $50.0M
Expensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Jan 18, 2027
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Over the past year the stock returned -29.5%, behind the S&P 500 by 44.6 percentage points.
- Operating margin narrowed to -8.8% from -4.3% a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 32%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 13%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 14%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 7%
- Gross marginBottom 23%
- Operating marginBottom 9%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 37%
- Interest coverBottom 2%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 11%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 5%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 4%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 6%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 24%
- 6-month returnBottom 16%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 30%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 36%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 19%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 41%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 21%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 3.8% | 0.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 23.3% | 18.8% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -4.3% | -8.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -5.5% | -2.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.4% | 3.8% | ↓ | Bottom 32% |
| Gross margin | 18.8% | 23.3% | ↓ | Bottom 23% |
| Operating margin | -8.8% | -4.3% | ↓ | Bottom 9% |
| Net margin | -6.4% | -3.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -2.8% | -5.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -12.3% | — | Bottom 7% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -4.6% | — | Bottom 13% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -7.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -17.5 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -42.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 10, 2026 (filed Aug 24, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | — | -2.2% | -2.4% | -6.1% | — |
| Jun 1, 2026 | — | -5.5% | -7.5% | -16.6% | -21.0% |
| Mar 6, 2026 | — | +0.0% | +2.7% | +3.0% | +2.1% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | — | +4.0% | -1.8% | -4.9% | -3.3% |
| Aug 22, 2025 | — | +0.0% | -0.8% | +6.9% | +0.9% |
| Jun 3, 2025 | — | -3.7% | -3.0% | -3.0% | -7.0% |
| Mar 7, 2025 | — | -1.6% | -1.0% | -20.5% | -23.0% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | — | -2.9% | -2.1% | -0.3% | -22.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | -$0.22 | — | — | $47.0M |
| Jun 1, 2026 | -$0.54 | — | — | $50.0M |
| Mar 6, 2026 | -$0.09 | — | — | $55.3M |
| Jan 28, 2026 | -$0.74 | — | — | $75.8M |
| Aug 22, 2025 | -$0.18 | — | — | $52.0M |
| Jun 3, 2025 | -$0.43 | — | — | $52.5M |
| Mar 7, 2025 | -$0.12 | — | — | $50.6M |
| Jan 29, 2025 | -$0.07 | — | — | $72.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 0.26× | — | — | Top 6% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -12.96% | — | — | Bottom 5% |
| Earnings yield | -28.50% | — | — | Bottom 11% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 2.4× – 61.1× since Jul 8, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -8.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -21.3%
- RSI (14)
- 31.9
- Relative volume
- 0.00×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 26.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 15th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.17
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.10
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -34.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -57.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2021 | Oct 1, 2026 | -73.2% | 1340 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 11, 2020 | May 6, 2021 | -29.8% | 99 days | 3 days (May 11, 2021) |
| May 11, 2021 | May 12, 2021 | -15.1% | 1 days | 2 days (May 14, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $50.0M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.59
- Revenue (TTM)
- $228.2M
- 52-week range
- $5.55 – $8.62
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $240.4M | $265.9M | $251.6M | $223.6M | $231.0M |
| Gross profit | $51.4M | $72.1M | $70.4M | $56.3M | $44.6M |
| Operating income | -$8.7M | $6.8M | $4.8M | -$6.1M | -$18.9M |
| Net income | -$5.5M | $45.1M | $3.5M | -$3.4M | -$13.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.61 | $4.97 | $0.38 | -$0.37 | -$1.47 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $72.2M | $52.5M | $50.6M | $52.0M | $75.8M | $55.3M | $50.0M | $47.0M |
| Net income | -$651,000 | -$1.1M | -$3.9M | -$1.6M | -$6.7M | -$843,000 | -$4.9M | -$2.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.30 | -$0.12 | -$0.43 | -$0.18 | -$0.74 | -$0.09 | -$0.54 | -$0.22 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$6.0M | -$7.8M | $4.0M | -$497,000 | -$5.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$6.2M | -$3.8M | -$2.6M | -$3.9M | -$3.6M |
| Free cash flow | -$12.2M | -$11.6M | $1.4M | -$4.4M | -$9.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $333,000
- Total assets
- $141.0M
- Total liabilities
- $33.3M
- Total debt
- $10.0M
- Net debt
- $9.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $107.8M
As of Jul 10, 2026 (filed Aug 24, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2012 | $0.05 | Dec 24, 2012 |
| Nov 19, 2010 | $0.10 | Dec 20, 2010 |
| Dec 4, 2009 | $0.10 | Jan 4, 2010 |
| Mar 3, 2004 | $0.02 | Apr 2, 2004 |
| Dec 3, 2003 | $0.03 | Jan 2, 2004 |
| Sep 3, 2003 | $0.03 | Oct 3, 2003 |
| Jun 3, 2003 | $0.03 | Jul 3, 2003 |
| Mar 5, 2003 | $0.05 | Apr 4, 2003 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 7,482
- Days to cover
- 1.71
- Change vs previous report
- -8.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 4, 1998
- 11-for-10
- Dec 3, 1997
- 11-for-10
- Jan 6, 1992
- 3-for-2
- Dec 31, 1990
- 3-for-2
- Jan 4, 1990
- 3-for-2