Simply Good Foods (SMPL) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend SMPL or MTG?

Simply Good Foods currently has a consensus price target of $39.88, suggesting a potential upside of 19.53%. MGIC Investment has a consensus price target of $26.88, suggesting a potential upside of 6.24%. Given Simply Good Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
MGIC Investment	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Which has more volatility and risk, SMPL or MTG?

Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SMPL or MTG?

In the previous week, Simply Good Foods had 10 more articles in the media than MGIC Investment. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Simply Good Foods and 7 mentions for MGIC Investment. MGIC Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Simply Good Foods' score of 1.25 indicating that MGIC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Simply Good Foods	7 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MGIC Investment	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

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

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

Which has stronger earnings and 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	2.52	$139.31M	$1.43	23.33
MGIC Investment	$1.21B	4.97	$762.99M	$3.01	8.40

Is SMPL or MTG more profitable?

MGIC Investment has a net margin of 63.49% compared to Simply Good Foods' net margin of 9.97%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.96% beat Simply Good Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Simply Good Foods	9.97%	10.29%	7.58%
MGIC Investment	63.49%	14.96%	11.80%

Summary

MGIC Investment beats Simply Good Foods on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.