Nomad Foods (NOMD) Competitors

Simply Good Foods (NASDAQ:SMPL) and Nomad Foods (NYSE:NOMD) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

Do analysts prefer SMPL or NOMD?

Simply Good Foods presently has a consensus price target of $40.14, indicating a potential upside of 16.69%. Nomad Foods has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.06%. Given Simply Good Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nomad Foods is more favorable than Simply Good Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Simply Good Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Nomad Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to SMPL or NOMD?

In the previous week, Simply Good Foods had 4 more articles in the media than Nomad Foods. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Simply Good Foods and 6 mentions for Nomad Foods. Nomad Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Simply Good Foods' score of -0.09 indicating that Simply Good Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Simply Good Foods	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nomad Foods	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SMPL or NOMD?

Simply Good Foods received 44 more outperform votes than Nomad Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.10% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 62.23% of users gave Nomad Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Simply Good Foods	Outperform Votes 301 68.10%	Underperform Votes 141 31.90%
Nomad Foods	Outperform Votes 257 62.23%	Underperform Votes 156 37.77%

Is SMPL or NOMD more profitable?

Simply Good Foods has a net margin of 11.12% compared to Simply Good Foods' net margin of 6.34%. Simply Good Foods' return on equity of 10.41% beat Nomad Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Simply Good Foods	11.12%	10.12%	7.62%
Nomad Foods	6.34%	10.41%	4.29%

Which has more volatility & risk, SMPL or NOMD?

Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nomad Foods has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, SMPL or NOMD?

Nomad Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Simply Good Foods. Nomad Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simply Good Foods, 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
Simply Good Foods	$1.24B	2.77	$133.57M	$1.39	24.75
Nomad Foods	$3.29B	0.92	$208.56M	$1.23	15.20

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SMPL or NOMD?

88.5% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of Nomad Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of Nomad Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Simply Good Foods beats Nomad Foods on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.