MFI vs. PBH, JWEL, SOY, SAP, PRMW, NWC, EMP.A, HLF, SWP, 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), Primo Water (PRMW), North West (NWC), Empire (EMP.A), High Liner Foods (HLF), Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee (SWP), 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, Maple Leaf Foods had 8 more articles in the media than Premium Brands. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Maple Leaf Foods and 1 mentions for Premium Brands. Maple Leaf Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Premium Brands' score of 0.66 indicating that Premium Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Premium Brands has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maple Leaf Foods has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Premium Brands pays an annual dividend of C$3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Maple Leaf Foods pays an annual dividend of C$0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Premium Brands pays out 161.1% 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 -85.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
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.
Premium Brands has a net margin of 1.50% compared to Premium Brands' net margin of -2.57%. Maple Leaf Foods' return on equity of 5.26% beat Premium Brands' return on equity.
Premium Brands currently has a consensus target price of C$111.60, suggesting a potential upside of 23.96%. Maple Leaf Foods has a consensus target price of C$30.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.57%. Given Premium Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Maple Leaf Foods is more favorable than Premium Brands.
Maple Leaf Foods received 122 more outperform votes than Premium Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.12% of users gave Maple Leaf Foods an outperform vote while only 55.75% of users gave Premium Brands an outperform vote.
43.4% of Premium Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of Maple Leaf Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Premium Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 40.1% of Maple Leaf Foods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Premium Brands beats Maple Leaf Foods on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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