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Simply Good Foods (SMPL) Competitors

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$38.13 -0.22 (-0.57%)
(As of 12/23/2024 05:45 PM ET)

SMPL vs. MTG, RDN, TFSL, WD, WSFS, WAFD, PFS, BANC, AGM, and NWBI

Should you be buying Simply Good Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simply Good Foods include MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), TFS Financial (TFSL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WSFS Financial (WSFS), WaFd (WAFD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Banc of California (BANC), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), and Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.

Simply Good Foods vs.

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

Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Simply Good Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Simply Good Foods pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MGIC Investment pays out 18.3% 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.

In the previous week, Simply Good Foods had 1 more articles in the media than MGIC Investment. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Simply Good Foods and 4 mentions for MGIC Investment. Simply Good Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat MGIC Investment's score of 1.40 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)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
MGIC Investment
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Simply Good Foods$1.33B2.89$139.31M$1.3827.63
MGIC Investment$1.19B5.04$712.95M$2.848.34

MGIC Investment has a net margin of 64.09% compared to Simply Good Foods' net margin of 10.46%. 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 Foods10.46% 10.23% 7.68%
MGIC Investment 64.09%14.99%11.75%

Simply Good Foods presently has a consensus price target of $40.22, suggesting a potential upside of 5.49%. MGIC Investment has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.80%. Given MGIC Investment's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MGIC Investment 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
MGIC Investment
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

88.4% 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

MGIC Investment received 177 more outperform votes than Simply Good Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.07% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 66.76% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Simply Good FoodsOutperform Votes
307
68.07%
Underperform Votes
144
31.93%
MGIC InvestmentOutperform Votes
484
66.76%
Underperform Votes
241
33.24%

Summary

MGIC Investment beats Simply Good Foods on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SMPL vs. The Competition

MetricSimply Good FoodsFood & kindred products IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.87B$14.59B$14.05B$9.15B
Dividend YieldN/A4.15%2.84%4.30%
P/E Ratio27.6311.8121.8217.11
Price / Sales2.891.482.69122.70
Price / Cash19.5613.2021.1437.84
Price / Book2.212.345.834.78
Net Income$139.31M$710.61M$572.90M$225.43M
7 Day Performance-4.05%-3.87%-2.11%-0.78%
1 Month Performance-2.26%-12.23%-3.82%1.05%
1 Year Performance-3.32%25.24%2.47%15.79%

Simply Good Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SMPL
Simply Good Foods
2.4092 of 5 stars
$38.13
-0.6%
$40.22
+5.5%
-3.3%$3.87B$1.33B27.63260Positive News
MTG
MGIC Investment
2.5738 of 5 stars
$23.60
-0.3%
$26.00
+10.2%
+21.7%$5.98B$1.19B8.31680
RDN
Radian Group
2.6903 of 5 stars
$31.87
-0.6%
$36.10
+13.3%
+10.9%$4.75B$1.30B8.261,100Positive News
TFSL
TFS Financial
3.5488 of 5 stars
$12.63
-0.9%
$14.50
+14.8%
-15.4%$3.55B$303.16M46.781,000
WD
Walker & Dunlop
1.7825 of 5 stars
$97.06
-0.7%
$111.00
+14.4%
-9.6%$3.28B$1.07B34.661,326
WSFS
WSFS Financial
3.7685 of 5 stars
$53.05
+0.3%
$59.75
+12.6%
+15.6%$3.12B$1.05B12.112,229Analyst Revision
WAFD
WaFd
4.8598 of 5 stars
$32.44
-0.6%
$38.00
+17.1%
-1.9%$2.64B$721.83M13.082,208Analyst Revision
News Coverage
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.1404 of 5 stars
$18.89
-0.9%
$23.50
+24.4%
+3.6%$2.46B$603.57M18.161,142
BANC
Banc of California
4.5418 of 5 stars
$15.48
+0.4%
$17.80
+15.0%
+15.2%$2.46B$472.31M-3.632,304
AGM
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
4.2075 of 5 stars
$196.56
-1.5%
$215.00
+9.4%
+4.8%$2.14B$358.82M12.64185News Coverage
Positive News
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
0.9865 of 5 stars
$13.31
-0.3%
$12.50
-6.1%
+4.2%$1.70B$502.26M17.512,165News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:SMPL) was last updated on 12/24/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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