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 superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and earnings.

Which has more risk & volatility, SMPL or MTG?

Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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

Is SMPL or MTG a better dividend stock?

Simply Good Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Simply Good Foods pays out 25.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MGIC Investment pays out 17.9% 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.

Do analysts prefer SMPL or MTG?

Simply Good Foods currently has a consensus price target of $39.56, indicating a potential upside of 13.93%. MGIC Investment has a consensus price target of $26.75, indicating a potential upside of 10.01%. Given Simply Good Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
MGIC Investment	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Does the media refer more to SMPL or MTG?

In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 17 more articles in the media than Simply Good Foods. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for MGIC Investment and 4 mentions for Simply Good Foods. MGIC Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Simply Good Foods' score of 1.31 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MGIC Investment	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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, 67.99% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 66.39% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Simply Good Foods	Outperform Votes 308 67.99%	Underperform Votes 145 32.01%
MGIC Investment	Outperform Votes 484 66.39%	Underperform Votes 245 33.61%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	$1.36B	2.57	$139.31M	$1.41	24.62
MGIC Investment	$1.21B	4.88	$762.99M	$2.90	8.38

Is SMPL or MTG 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
Simply Good Foods	10.40%	10.25%	7.63%
MGIC Investment	63.18%	14.86%	11.69%

Summary

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