MTY Food Group (MTY) Competitors

MTY Food Group (TSE:MTY) and Boyd Group Services (TSE:BYD) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is MTY or BYD more profitable?

MTY Food Group has a net margin of 8.30% compared to Boyd Group Services' net margin of 1.35%. MTY Food Group's return on equity of 11.66% beat Boyd Group Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MTY Food Group	8.30%	11.66%	4.18%
Boyd Group Services	1.35%	4.93%	3.95%

Does the media refer more to MTY or BYD?

In the previous week, MTY Food Group had 1 more articles in the media than Boyd Group Services. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for MTY Food Group and 0 mentions for Boyd Group Services. MTY Food Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Boyd Group Services'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MTY Food Group	Neutral
Boyd Group Services	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MTY or BYD?

19.0% of MTY Food Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.6% of Boyd Group Services shares are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of MTY Food Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Boyd Group Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend MTY or BYD?

MTY Food Group presently has a consensus price target of C$51.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.66%. Boyd Group Services has a consensus price target of C$264.83, indicating a potential upside of 23.74%. Given Boyd Group Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Boyd Group Services is more favorable than MTY Food Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MTY Food Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Boyd Group Services	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.08

Which has more risk and volatility, MTY or BYD?

MTY Food Group has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boyd Group Services has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MTY or BYD a better dividend stock?

MTY Food Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Boyd Group Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. MTY Food Group pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boyd Group Services pays out 22.1% 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, MTY or BYD?

MTY Food Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Boyd Group Services. MTY Food Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boyd Group Services, 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
MTY Food Group	C$1.13B	0.90	C$93.69M	C$4.00	10.84
Boyd Group Services	C$2.16B	1.50	C$29.07M	C$2.71	78.83

Summary

MTY Food Group and Boyd Group Services tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.