MFI vs. SAP, PBH, JWEL, CLR, SOY, HLF, BABY, TPK, SWP, and BU
Should you be buying Maple Leaf Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maple Leaf Foods include Saputo (SAP), Premium Brands (PBH), Jamieson Wellness (JWEL), Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated (CLR.TO) (CLR), SunOpta (SOY), High Liner Foods (HLF), Else Nutrition (BABY), Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee (TPK), Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee (SWP), and Burcon NutraScience (BU). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods" industry.
Maple Leaf Foods vs.
Saputo (TSE:SAP) and Maple Leaf Foods (TSE:MFI) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.
24.8% of Saputo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.4% of Maple Leaf Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.5% of Saputo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.9% of Maple Leaf Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Saputo had 3 more articles in the media than Maple Leaf Foods. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Saputo and 1 mentions for Maple Leaf Foods. Maple Leaf Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Saputo's score of 0.43 indicating that Maple Leaf Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Maple Leaf Foods has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Saputo. Saputo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maple Leaf Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Saputo has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maple Leaf Foods has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Saputo pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Maple Leaf Foods pays an annual dividend of C$0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Saputo pays out -203.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Maple Leaf Foods pays out 324.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Maple Leaf Foods has a net margin of 0.70% compared to Saputo's net margin of -0.84%. Maple Leaf Foods' return on equity of 2.19% beat Saputo's return on equity.
Maple Leaf Foods received 89 more outperform votes than Saputo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.07% of users gave Maple Leaf Foods an outperform vote while only 61.97% of users gave Saputo an outperform vote.
Saputo presently has a consensus target price of C$31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.41%. Maple Leaf Foods has a consensus target price of C$31.08, suggesting a potential upside of 26.51%. Given Maple Leaf Foods' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Maple Leaf Foods is more favorable than Saputo.
Summary
Maple Leaf Foods beats Saputo on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:MFI) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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