Pizza Pizza Royalty (PZA) Competitors

MTY Food Group (TSE:MTY) and Pizza Pizza Royalty (TSE:PZA) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MTY or PZA?

19.0% of MTY Food Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Pizza Pizza Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of MTY Food Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Pizza Pizza Royalty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MTY or PZA more profitable?

Pizza Pizza Royalty has a net margin of 77.80% compared to MTY Food Group's net margin of 8.30%. MTY Food Group's return on equity of 11.66% beat Pizza Pizza Royalty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MTY Food Group	8.30%	11.66%	4.18%
Pizza Pizza Royalty	77.80%	10.43%	6.68%

Is MTY or PZA a better dividend stock?

MTY Food Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Pizza Pizza Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$0.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. MTY Food Group pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pizza Pizza Royalty pays out 98.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts recommend MTY or PZA?

MTY Food Group currently has a consensus price target of C$50.50, indicating a potential upside of 31.58%. Pizza Pizza Royalty has a consensus price target of C$14.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.28%. Given MTY Food Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe MTY Food Group is more favorable than Pizza Pizza Royalty.

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
Pizza Pizza Royalty	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, MTY or PZA?

MTY Food Group has higher revenue and earnings than Pizza Pizza Royalty. MTY Food Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pizza Pizza Royalty, 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	0.79	C$93.69M	C$4.00	9.59
Pizza Pizza Royalty	C$29.95M	12.98	C$23.30M	C$0.95	16.69

Does the media prefer MTY or PZA?

In the previous week, Pizza Pizza Royalty had 2 more articles in the media than MTY Food Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pizza Pizza Royalty and 0 mentions for MTY Food Group. Pizza Pizza Royalty's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat MTY Food Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Pizza Pizza Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MTY Food Group	Neutral
Pizza Pizza Royalty	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, MTY or PZA?

MTY Food Group has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pizza Pizza Royalty has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MTY Food Group beats Pizza Pizza Royalty on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.