Brookline Bancorp (BRKL) Competitors

Simply Good Foods (NASDAQ:SMPL) and Brookline Bancorp (NASDAQ:BRKL) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SMPL or BRKL?

88.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SMPL or BRKL?

Simply Good Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Brookline Bancorp. Brookline Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simply Good Foods, 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
Simply Good Foods	$1.33B	2.91	$139.31M	$1.38	27.79
Brookline Bancorp	$355.54M	2.99	$75M	$0.83	14.39

Is SMPL or BRKL more profitable?

Brookline Bancorp has a net margin of 11.40% compared to Simply Good Foods' net margin of 10.46%. Simply Good Foods' return on equity of 10.23% beat Brookline Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Simply Good Foods	10.46%	10.23%	7.68%
Brookline Bancorp	11.40%	6.20%	0.65%

Which has more risk and volatility, SMPL or BRKL?

Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookline Bancorp has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SMPL or BRKL a better dividend stock?

Simply Good Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Brookline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Simply Good Foods pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookline Bancorp pays out 65.1% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SMPL or BRKL?

Simply Good Foods received 85 more outperform votes than Brookline Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.07% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 58.12% of users gave Brookline Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Simply Good Foods	Outperform Votes 307 68.07%	Underperform Votes 144 31.93%
Brookline Bancorp	Outperform Votes 222 58.12%	Underperform Votes 160 41.88%

Does the media refer more to SMPL or BRKL?

In the previous week, Brookline Bancorp had 10 more articles in the media than Simply Good Foods. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Brookline Bancorp and 6 mentions for Simply Good Foods. Simply Good Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Brookline Bancorp's score of 0.59 indicating that Simply Good Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Simply Good Foods	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Brookline Bancorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer SMPL or BRKL?

Simply Good Foods currently has a consensus price target of $40.22, suggesting a potential upside of 4.88%. Brookline Bancorp has a consensus price target of $14.17, suggesting a potential upside of 18.65%. Given Brookline Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brookline Bancorp is more favorable than Simply Good Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Simply Good Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Brookline Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Summary

Simply Good Foods beats Brookline Bancorp on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.