Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund (BPF.UN) Competitors

Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund (TSE:BPF.UN) and MTY Food Group (TSE:MTY) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BPF.UN or MTY?

MTY Food Group has higher revenue and earnings than Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund. MTY Food Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund, 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
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	C$49.24M	7.56	C$26.04M	C$1.18	14.82
MTY Food Group	C$1.16B	0.94	C$95.91M	C$3.97	11.67

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BPF.UN or MTY?

MTY Food Group received 76 more outperform votes than Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.13% of users gave Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund an outperform vote while only 57.66% of users gave MTY Food Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	Outperform Votes 229 85.13%	Underperform Votes 40 14.87%
MTY Food Group	Outperform Votes 305 57.66%	Underperform Votes 224 42.34%

Is BPF.UN or MTY more profitable?

Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund has a net margin of 52.89% compared to MTY Food Group's net margin of 8.30%. MTY Food Group's return on equity of 11.77% beat Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	52.89%	9.13%	7.08%
MTY Food Group	8.30%	11.77%	4.18%

Is BPF.UN or MTY a better dividend stock?

Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. MTY Food Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund pays out 115.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MTY Food Group pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor BPF.UN or MTY?

In the previous week, MTY Food Group had 1 more articles in the media than Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for MTY Food Group and 2 mentions for Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund. Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat MTY Food Group's score of 0.44 indicating that Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MTY Food Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend BPF.UN or MTY?

Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund presently has a consensus target price of C$18.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.77%. MTY Food Group has a consensus target price of C$54.43, indicating a potential upside of 17.48%. Given MTY Food Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MTY Food Group is more favorable than Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
MTY Food Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Which has more volatility & risk, BPF.UN or MTY?

Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MTY Food Group has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BPF.UN or MTY?

3.4% of Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of MTY Food Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.5% of Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of MTY Food Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

MTY Food Group beats Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.