THS
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (THS) Risks & Opportunities Analysis (2026)
Overall Score
Financial Risk
Negative margins and returns remain the core risk, with TTM net margin at -12.4%, ROE at -20.9%, and ROIC at -7.2%.
Liquidity is only modest, with a current ratio of 1.29 and a quick ratio of 0.40, while cash ratio is just 0.03.
Leverage remains elevated relative to earnings power, with debt-to-equity at 1.30 and net debt-to-EBITDA still deeply negative due to negative EBITDA.
Cash generation remains weak, with operating cash flow and free cash flow both negative on a TTM basis.
Operational Risk
Gross margin is still positive at 17.0%, but operating margin remains negative at -9.6%, indicating limited pricing or cost-control cushion.
Inventory and working-capital intensity remain high, with days inventory outstanding at 120.9 and operating cycle at 155.6 days.
Asset efficiency is mixed, with asset turnover at 0.64 and fixed-asset turnover at 2.65, suggesting the business is still working through a low-efficiency operating profile.
Income quality remains weak at 0.21, reinforcing that reported earnings are not yet translating into strong cash flow.
Valuation Risk
The stock screens inexpensive on sales and book, with EV/sales at 1.17 and price-to-book at 0.98.
However, valuation support is limited by negative earnings and cash flow, with P/E at -4.1 and price-to-free-cash-flow at -8.4.
Negative free-cash-flow yield and negative earnings yield indicate the market is still pricing in a turnaround rather than current fundamentals.
Sources
- Company filings (10-K, 10-Q, investor presentations)
- Financial and market data providers
- Public news and industry information
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