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The Marzetti Company

Rank #227Value

MZTI · Nasdaq · Consumer Defensive

The Marzetti Company (MZTI) — Rank #227 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.30) · ROE 18.2% · Piotroski F-Score 5 / 9.

As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0000057515 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.

About

The Marzetti Company engages in manufacturing and marketing of specialty food products for the retail and foodservice channels in the United States.

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It operates in two segments, Retail and Foodservice. The Retail segment offers frozen garlic bread under the New York Bakery brand; frozen Parkerhouse style yeast and dinner rolls under the Sister Schubert's brand; salad dressings under the Marzetti, Cardini's, Marzetti Simply, and Girard's brands; vegetable and fruit dips under the Marzetti brand; Japanese barbecue sauces and dips under the Bachan's brand; and croutons and toppings under the New York Bakery, Chatham Village, and Marzetti brands. Its Foodservice segment sells custom-formulated sauces, salad dressings, frozen breads, yeast rolls, and frozen pasta under the Marzetti, Sister Schubert's, and Marzetti Frozen Pasta brands, as well as private labels for chain restaurants. The company sells its products through sales personnel, food brokers, and distributors to retailers and restaurants. The company was formerly known as Lancaster Colony Corporation and changed its name to The Marzetti Company in June 2025.

The Marzetti Company was founded in 1896 and is based in Westerville, Ohio.

Industry
Packaged Foods
Sector
Consumer Defensive
State
OH
Filer Category
Large accelerated filer
Fiscal Year End
June 30

Financials

Strengthening

Direction over 5 fiscal years

  • Free cash flowimproving
  • Gross marginimproving
  • Gross profitabilitystable
  • Net cashn/a
  • Operating marginimproving
  • Return on equityimproving
  • Share count (dilution)improving

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USD in millions, except per-share (EPS) and percentage rows. Values are as originally filed; em-dash = not tagged in that year's filing.
Fiscal year end2026-06-30filed 2026-08-252025-06-30filed 2025-08-212024-06-30filed 2024-08-222023-06-30filed 2023-08-23
Income statement
EPS growth (YoY)15.0%5.4%42.6%
Cash flow

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