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Maple Leaf Foods (MFI) Competitors

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C$21.14 +0.10 (+0.48%)
As of 01/20/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

MFI vs. SAP, PBH, JWEL, SOY, CLR, 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), SunOpta (SOY), Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated (CLR.TO) (CLR), 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.

Maple Leaf Foods (TSE:MFI) and Saputo (TSE:SAP) are both mid-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

Saputo has a net margin of 1.50% compared to Maple Leaf Foods' net margin of 0.24%. Saputo's return on equity of 3.72% beat Maple Leaf Foods' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Maple Leaf Foods0.24% 0.75% 2.85%
Saputo 1.50%3.72%4.11%

26.4% of Maple Leaf Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.8% of Saputo shares are held by institutional investors. 39.9% of Maple Leaf Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.5% of Saputo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Maple Leaf Foods received 91 more outperform votes than Saputo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.02% of users gave Maple Leaf Foods an outperform vote while only 61.88% of users gave Saputo an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Maple Leaf FoodsOutperform Votes
539
65.02%
Underperform Votes
290
34.98%
SaputoOutperform Votes
448
61.88%
Underperform Votes
276
38.12%

Maple Leaf Foods pays an annual dividend of C$0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Saputo pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Maple Leaf Foods pays out 977.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Saputo pays out 120.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Saputo has higher revenue and earnings than Maple Leaf Foods. 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Maple Leaf FoodsC$4.85B0.54C$11.78MC$0.09234.89
SaputoC$17.74B0.55C$266MC$0.6336.29

Maple Leaf Foods has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saputo has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Saputo had 9 more articles in the media than Maple Leaf Foods. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Saputo and 2 mentions for Maple Leaf Foods. Maple Leaf Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Saputo's score of -0.27 indicating that Maple Leaf Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Maple Leaf Foods
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Saputo
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Maple Leaf Foods presently has a consensus price target of C$30.19, indicating a potential upside of 42.80%. Saputo has a consensus price target of C$32.94, indicating a potential upside of 44.08%. Given Saputo's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Saputo is more favorable than Maple Leaf Foods.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Maple Leaf Foods
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Saputo
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

Summary

Saputo beats Maple Leaf Foods on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MFI vs. The Competition

MetricMaple Leaf FoodsPackaged Foods IndustryDefensive SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$2.60BC$1.79BC$5.96BC$6.17B
Dividend Yield3.93%2.74%3.17%5.77%
P/E Ratio234.89169.18211.3826.04
Price / Sales0.5445.1864.721,270.19
Price / Cash27.20123.14144.9282.58
Price / Book1.653.183.003.20
Net IncomeC$11.78MC$115.23MC$161.49MC$295.15M
7 Day Performance-2.27%-0.40%0.65%2.40%
1 Month Performance3.93%-0.55%-0.71%3.38%
1 Year Performance-22.59%5.34%45.26%39.64%

Maple Leaf Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MFI
Maple Leaf Foods
3.1694 of 5 stars
C$21.14
+0.5%
C$30.19
+42.8%
-22.6%C$2.60BC$4.85B234.8913,500
SAP
Saputo
4.0145 of 5 stars
C$23.31
flat
C$33.81
+45.1%
-19.2%C$9.89BC$17.74B37.00112,000
PBH
Premium Brands
2.7381 of 5 stars
C$78.66
+0.6%
C$103.11
+31.1%
-15.4%C$3.49BC$6.36B30.97540
JWEL
Jamieson Wellness
0.7587 of 5 stars
C$34.11
-1.3%
C$37.81
+10.8%
+10.0%C$1.42BC$684.71M39.66240Positive News
SOY
SunOpta
N/AC$10.53
-0.2%
N/A+37.4%C$1.23BC$688.01M-105.301,450
CLR
Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated (CLR.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$536.82MC$507.11M86.741,845
HLF
High Liner Foods
2.0143 of 5 stars
C$15.31
-1.2%
C$16.22
+5.9%
+30.9%C$458.23MC$992.12M7.93N/AGap Up
BABY
Else Nutrition
N/AC$1.17
flat
N/A+0.0%C$121.91MC$4.02M-6.161,729
TPK
Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$49.84MC$86.49M18.03N/A
SWP
Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee
N/AC$3.53
-1.9%
N/A+34.1%C$33.61MC$155.97M50.4383Gap Down
BU
Burcon NutraScience
N/AC$0.09
flat
N/A-54.1%C$12.79MC$324,553.00-0.4320Gap Up

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This page (TSE:MFI) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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