Simply Good Foods (SMPL) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, MTG or SMPL?

MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to MTG or SMPL?

In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 14 more articles in the media than Simply Good Foods. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for MGIC Investment and 5 mentions for Simply Good Foods. Simply Good Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat MGIC Investment's score of 0.74 indicating that Simply Good Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MGIC Investment	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Simply Good Foods	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend MTG or SMPL?

MGIC Investment presently has a consensus target price of $26.75, indicating a potential upside of 9.01%. Simply Good Foods has a consensus target price of $40.22, indicating a potential upside of 6.18%. Given MGIC Investment's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe MGIC Investment is more favorable than Simply Good Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MGIC Investment	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Simply Good Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MTG or SMPL?

95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of MGIC Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MTG or SMPL?

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 66.39% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MGIC Investment	Outperform Votes 484 66.39%	Underperform Votes 245 33.61%
Simply Good Foods	Outperform Votes 308 68.14%	Underperform Votes 144 31.86%

Is MTG or SMPL more profitable?

MGIC Investment has a net margin of 63.18% compared to Simply Good Foods' net margin of 10.40%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.86% beat Simply Good Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MGIC Investment	63.18%	14.86%	11.69%
Simply Good Foods	10.40%	10.25%	7.63%

Which has better valuation and earnings, MTG or SMPL?

MGIC Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
MGIC Investment	$1.21B	4.93	$762.99M	$2.90	8.46
Simply Good Foods	$1.36B	2.81	$139.31M	$1.41	26.87

Is MTG or SMPL a better dividend stock?

MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Simply Good Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. MGIC Investment pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Simply Good Foods pays out 25.5% 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. MGIC Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

MGIC Investment beats Simply Good Foods on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.