Simply Good Foods (SMPL) Competitors

Simply Good Foods (NASDAQ:SMPL) and MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Is SMPL or MTG more profitable?

MGIC Investment has a net margin of 64.09% compared to Simply Good Foods' net margin of 10.40%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.99% beat Simply Good Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Simply Good Foods	10.40%	10.25%	7.63%
MGIC Investment	64.09%	14.99%	11.75%

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

88.5% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of MGIC Investment shares are held by 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SMPL or MTG?

MGIC Investment received 176 more outperform votes than Simply Good Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.14% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Simply Good Foods	Outperform Votes 308 68.14%	Underperform Votes 144 31.86%
MGIC Investment	Outperform Votes 484 66.67%	Underperform Votes 242 33.33%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SMPL or MTG?

MGIC Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Simply Good Foods. MGIC Investment 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	2.90	$139.31M	$1.41	27.08
MGIC Investment	$1.16B	5.66	$712.95M	$2.84	9.08

Does the media prefer SMPL or MTG?

In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 2 more articles in the media than Simply Good Foods. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for MGIC Investment and 7 mentions for Simply Good Foods. Simply Good Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat MGIC Investment's score of 0.74 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MGIC Investment	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer SMPL or MTG?

Simply Good Foods presently has a consensus price target of $40.22, suggesting a potential upside of 5.35%. MGIC Investment has a consensus price target of $25.86, suggesting a potential upside of 0.24%. Given Simply Good Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Simply Good Foods is more favorable than MGIC Investment.

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
MGIC Investment	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Which has more volatility & risk, SMPL or MTG?

Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MGIC Investment beats Simply Good Foods on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.