MGP Ingredients (MGPI) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer SMPL or MGPI?

In the previous week, Simply Good Foods had 11 more articles in the media than MGP Ingredients. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Simply Good Foods and 4 mentions for MGP Ingredients. Simply Good Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat MGP Ingredients' score of 0.12 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	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MGP Ingredients	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, SMPL or MGPI?

Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGP Ingredients has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SMPL or MGPI?

Simply Good Foods currently has a consensus price target of $40.78, suggesting a potential upside of 4.18%. MGP Ingredients has a consensus price target of $76.67, suggesting a potential upside of 64.45%. Given MGP Ingredients' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MGP Ingredients 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
MGP Ingredients	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SMPL or MGPI?

Simply Good Foods has higher revenue and earnings than MGP Ingredients. MGP Ingredients 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	2.95	$139.31M	$1.38	28.36
MGP Ingredients	$836.52M	1.22	$107.47M	$4.81	9.69

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SMPL or MGPI?

Simply Good Foods received 36 more outperform votes than MGP Ingredients when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.00% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 61.50% of users gave MGP Ingredients an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Simply Good Foods	Outperform Votes 306 68.00%	Underperform Votes 144 32.00%
MGP Ingredients	Outperform Votes 270 61.50%	Underperform Votes 169 38.50%

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

88.5% of Simply Good Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of MGP Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Simply Good Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.2% of MGP Ingredients shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SMPL or MGPI more profitable?

MGP Ingredients has a net margin of 14.44% compared to Simply Good Foods' net margin of 10.46%. MGP Ingredients' return on equity of 14.39% beat Simply Good Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Simply Good Foods	10.46%	10.23%	7.68%
MGP Ingredients	14.44%	14.39%	8.95%

Summary

Simply Good Foods beats MGP Ingredients on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.