Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB) Competitors

Simply Good Foods (NASDAQ:SMPL) and Berkshire Hills Bancorp (NYSE:BHLB) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

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

88.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Berkshire Hills Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Berkshire Hills Bancorp shares are held by company 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 preferable earnings & valuation, SMPL or BHLB?

Simply Good Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Berkshire Hills Bancorp. Berkshire Hills Bancorp 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	$1.41B	2.59	$139.31M	$1.44	25.13
Berkshire Hills Bancorp	$383.76M	2.94	$61M	$1.44	16.90

Is SMPL or BHLB more profitable?

Simply Good Foods has a net margin of 10.40% compared to Berkshire Hills Bancorp's net margin of 8.56%. Simply Good Foods' return on equity of 10.25% beat Berkshire Hills Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Simply Good Foods	10.40%	10.25%	7.63%
Berkshire Hills Bancorp	8.56%	8.91%	0.79%

Which has more risk and volatility, SMPL or BHLB?

Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berkshire Hills Bancorp has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SMPL or BHLB a better dividend stock?

Simply Good Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Berkshire Hills Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Simply Good Foods pays out 25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Berkshire Hills Bancorp pays out 50.0% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SMPL or BHLB?

Simply Good Foods received 36 more outperform votes than Berkshire Hills Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.61% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Berkshire Hills Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Simply Good Foods	Outperform Votes 309 67.61%	Underperform Votes 148 32.39%
Berkshire Hills Bancorp	Outperform Votes 273 50.00%	Underperform Votes 273 50.00%

Does the media refer more to SMPL or BHLB?

In the previous week, Simply Good Foods had 5 more articles in the media than Berkshire Hills Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Simply Good Foods and 8 mentions for Berkshire Hills Bancorp. Simply Good Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Berkshire Hills Bancorp's score of 1.35 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Berkshire Hills Bancorp	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer SMPL or BHLB?

Simply Good Foods currently has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.29%. Berkshire Hills Bancorp has a consensus price target of $31.13, suggesting a potential upside of 27.88%. Given Berkshire Hills Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Berkshire Hills Bancorp 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Berkshire Hills Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Summary

Simply Good Foods beats Berkshire Hills Bancorp on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.