Premier Financial (FDEF) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FDEF or SMPL?

Simply Good Foods received 132 more outperform votes than Premier Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.14% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 51.46% of users gave Premier Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Premier Financial	Outperform Votes 176 51.46%	Underperform Votes 166 48.54%
Simply Good Foods	Outperform Votes 308 68.14%	Underperform Votes 144 31.86%

Which has more volatility and risk, FDEF or SMPL?

Premier Financial has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FDEF or SMPL more profitable?

Simply Good Foods has a net margin of 10.40% compared to Premier Financial's net margin of 7.34%. Simply Good Foods' return on equity of 10.25% beat Premier Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Premier Financial	7.34%	8.19%	1.07%
Simply Good Foods	10.40%	10.25%	7.63%

Which has better earnings & valuation, FDEF or SMPL?

Simply Good Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Premier Financial. Premier Financial 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
Premier Financial	$186.04M	5.10	$49.37M	$2.53	9.95
Simply Good Foods	$1.33B	2.73	$139.31M	$1.41	25.56

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FDEF or SMPL?

64.9% of Premier Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Simply Good Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Premier Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor FDEF or SMPL?

In the previous week, Premier Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Simply Good Foods. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Premier Financial and 0 mentions for Simply Good Foods. Premier Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Simply Good Foods' score of -0.39 indicating that Premier Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Premier Financial	Neutral
Simply Good Foods	Neutral

Do analysts rate FDEF or SMPL?

Simply Good Foods has a consensus price target of $40.22, suggesting a potential upside of 11.60%. Given Simply Good Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Simply Good Foods is more favorable than Premier Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Premier Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Simply Good Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Simply Good Foods beats Premier Financial on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.