M.P. Evans Group (MPE) Competitors

Total Produce (LON:TOT) and M.P. Evans Group (LON:MPE) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, TOT or MPE?

M.P. Evans Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Total Produce. Total Produce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M.P. Evans Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Total Produce	£3.82B	0.00	N/A	£8.80	N/A
M.P. Evans Group	£408.94M	1.70	£80.16M	£99.26	10.78

Does the media prefer TOT or MPE?

In the previous week, M.P. Evans Group had 2 more articles in the media than Total Produce. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for M.P. Evans Group and 0 mentions for Total Produce. M.P. Evans Group's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Total Produce's score of 0.00 indicating that M.P. Evans Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Total Produce	Neutral
M.P. Evans Group	Neutral

Is TOT or MPE a better dividend stock?

Total Produce pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share. M.P. Evans Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Total Produce pays out 0.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M.P. Evans Group pays out 48.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is TOT or MPE more profitable?

M.P. Evans Group has a net margin of 19.60% compared to Total Produce's net margin of 0.00%. M.P. Evans Group's return on equity of 13.59% beat Total Produce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Total Produce	N/A	N/A	N/A
M.P. Evans Group	19.60%	13.59%	10.06%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TOT or MPE?

27.7% of M.P. Evans Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.6% of M.P. Evans Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend TOT or MPE?

M.P. Evans Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,325, indicating a potential upside of 23.83%. Given M.P. Evans Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe M.P. Evans Group is more favorable than Total Produce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Total Produce	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
M.P. Evans Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TOT or MPE?

M.P. Evans Group received 175 more outperform votes than Total Produce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 83.67% of users gave M.P. Evans Group an outperform vote while only 58.68% of users gave Total Produce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Total Produce	Outperform Votes 71 58.68%	Underperform Votes 50 41.32%
M.P. Evans Group	Outperform Votes 246 83.67%	Underperform Votes 48 16.33%

Summary

M.P. Evans Group beats Total Produce on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.