MFI vs. PBH, JWEL, SOY, SAP, NWC, PRMW, EMP.A, RSI, HLF, and BU Should you be buying Maple Leaf Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maple Leaf Foods include Premium Brands (PBH), Jamieson Wellness (JWEL), SunOpta (SOY), Saputo (SAP), North West (NWC), Primo Water (PRMW), Empire (EMP.A), Rogers Sugar (RSI), High Liner Foods (HLF), and Burcon NutraScience (BU). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Premium Brands (TSE:PBH ) and Maple Leaf Foods (TSE:MFI ) are both mid-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Does the media refer more to PBH or MFI?
In the previous week, Premium Brands had 34 more articles in the media than Maple Leaf Foods. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Premium Brands and 0 mentions for Maple Leaf Foods. Maple Leaf Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Premium Brands' score of 0.00 indicating that Premium Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Which has better earnings and valuation, PBH or MFI?
Premium Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Maple Leaf Foods. Maple Leaf Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Premium Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Which has more risk & volatility, PBH or MFI?
Premium Brands has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Maple Leaf Foods has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Is PBH or MFI a better dividend stock?
Premium Brands pays an annual dividend of C$3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Maple Leaf Foods pays an annual dividend of C$0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Premium Brands pays out 160.4% 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 pays out -676.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Maple Leaf Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PBH or MFI?
43.3% of Premium Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.9% of Maple Leaf Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Premium Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.1% of Maple Leaf Foods shares are owned 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.
Do analysts prefer PBH or MFI?
Premium Brands currently has a consensus target price of C$113.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.96%. Maple Leaf Foods has a consensus target price of C$30.07, suggesting a potential upside of 27.04%. Given Premium Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Maple Leaf Foods is more favorable than Premium Brands.
Is PBH or MFI more profitable?
Premium Brands has a net margin of 1.50% compared to Premium Brands' net margin of -0.32%. Maple Leaf Foods' return on equity of 5.37% beat Premium Brands' return on equity.
Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PBH or MFI?
Maple Leaf Foods received 121 more outperform votes than Premium Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.21% of users gave Maple Leaf Foods an outperform vote while only 55.63% of users gave Premium Brands an outperform vote.
Summary Premium Brands beats Maple Leaf Foods on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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