Simply Good Foods Co (SMPL)

The Simply Good Foods Company, a consumer-packaged food and beverage company, engages in the development, marketing, and sale of snacks and meal replacements, and other products in North America and internationally. It offers protein bars, ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages and protein shakes, sweet and salty snacks, confectionary products, protein powders, and recipes under the Quest, Atkins, and OWYN brand names. The company also licenses certain products that contain its brands and logos. It offers its products through mass merchandise, grocery, drug, and club stores; small format retail, such as convenience stores and gas stations; and e-commerce channels, including questnutrition.com, atkins.com, liveowyn.com, amazon.com, and others. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Ticker: SMPL
Exchange: Nasdaq
Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Packaged Foods
Market cap: $1.07B
52-week range: $9.38 - $22.00

Valuation

Share price: $12.05 (close of Nov 6, 2026)
P/E (TTM): -7.05x
Price to book: 0.73x
Price to free cash flow: 6.79x
Enterprise value: $1.28B
Book value per share: $16.42

Price performance

Period	Change
1 day	-3.98%
5 days	+7.11%
1 month	+20.98%
3 months	+7.88%
6 months	-4.59%
Year to date	-39.99%
1 year	-40.05%
3 years	-67.49%
5 years	-70.62%
All time	+0.42%

Short interest

As of: Oct 15, 2026
Short % of float: 15.43%
Shares short: 8.56M
Days to cover: 4.20
Change since prior report: +7.71%
Source: FINRA consolidated short interest

Profitability and growth

Return on equity: -10.73%
Return on invested capital: -7.60%
Return on assets: -7.65%
Return on capital employed: -9.17%
Gross margin: 32.61%
Net margin: -11.49%
EBITDA margin: -11.46%
Revenue growth: -6.51%
Net income growth: -250.47%
Free cash flow growth: -0.61%

Cash flow and balance sheet

Free cash flow yield (TTM): 14.72%
Current ratio: 5.57x
Net debt to EBITDA: -1.48x

Latest reported year

Period end: Aug 29, 2026
Fiscal year: 2026
Revenue: $1.36B
Cost of revenue: $914.14M
Gross profit: $442.36M
EBITDA: -$155.46M
Net income: -$155.90M
Earnings per share: $-1.69
Research and development: $5.90M
Interest expense: $21.45M
Shares outstanding: 92.37M

Income statement by year

Period end	Revenue	Gross profit	Net income	EPS
2026-08-29	$1.36B	$442.36M	-$155.90M	-$1.69
2025-08-30	$1.45B	$525.75M	$103.61M	$1.03
2024-08-31	$1.33B	$511.57M	$139.31M	$1.39
2023-08-26	$1.24B	$453.42M	$133.57M	$1.34
2022-08-27	$1.17B	$445.56M	$108.57M	$1.10
2021-08-28	$1.01B	$409.77M	$40.88M	$0.43
2020-08-29	$816.64M	$324.33M	$65.64M	$0.70
2019-08-31	$523.76M	$217.68M	-$25.23M	-$0.31
2018-08-25	$437.85M	$182.89M	$37.39M	$0.53
2016-08-27	-	-	$10.03M	$0.00

Margins and returns by year

Period end	Gross margin	Net margin	Return on equity	Return on capital
2026-08-29	32.61%	-11.49%	-10.73%	-7.60%
2025-08-30	36.24%	7.14%	5.73%	6.04%
2024-08-31	38.43%	10.46%	8.06%	7.50%
2023-08-26	36.49%	10.75%	8.50%	8.75%
2022-08-27	38.13%	9.29%	7.55%	8.70%
2021-08-28	40.75%	4.07%	3.44%	8.13%
2020-08-29	39.71%	8.04%	5.76%	3.73%
2019-08-31	41.56%	-4.82%	-3.54%	6.19%
2018-08-25	41.77%	8.54%	6.02%	8.29%

Cash and debt by year

Period end	Cash	Debt
2026-08-29	$138.43M	$347.22M
2025-08-30	$98.47M	$249.07M
2024-08-31	$132.53M	$397.49M
2023-08-26	$87.72M	$281.65M
2022-08-27	$67.49M	$403.02M
2021-08-28	$75.34M	$451.27M
2020-08-29	$95.85M	$596.88M
2019-08-31	$266.34M	$190.26M
2018-08-25	$111.97M	$190.94M

Free cash flow by year

Period end	Free cash flow	Stock-based compensation
2026-08-29	$156.95M	$17.28M
2025-08-30	$157.91M	$15.27M
2024-08-31	$209.96M	$18.42M
2023-08-26	$159.53M	$14.48M
2022-08-27	$105.41M	$11.70M
2021-08-28	$126.18M	$8.27M
2020-08-29	$57.19M	$7.64M
2019-08-31	$72.00M	$5.50M
2018-08-25	$59.27M	$4.03M
2016-08-31	-$216.13K	-

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Past earnings dates

Reported	Fiscal period	EPS estimate
2026-10-27	Aug 2026	$0.38
2026-07-09	May 2026	$0.32
2026-04-09	Feb 2026	$0.36
2026-01-08	Nov 2025	$0.33
2025-10-23	Aug 2025	$0.44
2025-07-10	May 2025	$0.47
2025-04-09	Feb 2025	$0.35
2025-01-08	Nov 2024	$0.43

Filings and sources

Company website: thesimplygoodfoodscompany.com
SEC filings: 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
Earnings calendar: All upcoming reports

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