JBSS vs PRAA Comparison

John B Sanfilippo & Son Inc is processors and distributors of peanuts, pecans, cashews, walnuts, almonds and other nuts in the United States. It also manufacture and distribute a portfolio of snack and nutrition bars, and market and distribute, and in some cases, manufacture or process, a diverse product line of other food and snack products, including peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter, candy and confections, snack and trail mixes, granola, sunflower kernels, dried fruit, corn snacks, sesame sticks and other sesame snack products. It mainly sell its products under a variety of private brand names, as well as under its Fisher, Orchard Valley Harvest, Squirrel Brand and Southern Style Nuts brand names. It operate in a single reporting segment.

PRA Group Inc is a specialty finance company engaged in the purchase, collection, and management of nonperforming loan portfolios. The majority of the loans it purchases are from credit originators who have chosen not to pursue, or have been unsuccessful in collecting, the full balance owed to them (Core accounts). To a lesser extent, the company also purchases loans in situations where the customer is involved in a bankruptcy or similar proceeding (Insolvency accounts). As part of an ancillary business, it also purchases and provides fee-based services for class action claims recoveries in the U.S. The company has two operating and reportable segments, comprised of its U.S. and European businesses. The majority of its revenue is generated from the United States.