M.P. Evans Group (MPE) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MPE or TOT?

M.P. Evans Group received 174 more outperform votes than Total Produce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 83.62% 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
M.P. Evans Group	Outperform Votes 245 83.62%	Underperform Votes 48 16.38%
Total Produce	Outperform Votes 71 58.68%	Underperform Votes 50 41.32%

Is MPE or TOT 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 14.41% beat Total Produce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
M.P. Evans Group	19.60%	14.41%	10.06%
Total Produce	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MPE or TOT?

M.P. Evans Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
M.P. Evans Group	£336.64M	1.48	£65.98M	£0.94	1,006.38
Total Produce	£3.82B	0.00	N/A	£8.80	N/A

Do analysts rate MPE or TOT?

M.P. Evans Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,250, suggesting a potential upside of 32.14%. Given M.P. Evans Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe M.P. Evans Group is more favorable than Total Produce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
M.P. Evans Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Total Produce	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MPE or TOT?

27.7% of M.P. Evans Group shares are held by institutional investors. 48.6% of M.P. Evans Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is MPE or TOT a better dividend stock?

M.P. Evans Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Total Produce pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share. M.P. Evans Group pays out 5,106.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Total Produce pays out 0.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to MPE or TOT?

In the previous week, M.P. Evans Group had 1 more articles in the media than Total Produce. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for M.P. Evans Group and 0 mentions for Total Produce. M.P. Evans Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Total Produce's score of 0.00 indicating that M.P. Evans Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

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