Brookline Bancorp (BRKL) Competitors

Simply Good Foods (NASDAQ:SMPL) and Brookline Bancorp (NASDAQ:BRKL) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SMPL or BRKL?

Simply Good Foods received 88 more outperform votes than Brookline Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.54% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 55.22% of users gave Brookline Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Simply Good Foods	Outperform Votes 310 67.54%	Underperform Votes 149 32.46%
Brookline Bancorp	Outperform Votes 222 55.22%	Underperform Votes 180 44.78%

Do analysts rate SMPL or BRKL?

Simply Good Foods presently has a consensus target price of $40.67, indicating a potential upside of 22.93%. Brookline Bancorp has a consensus target price of $15.25, indicating a potential upside of 44.00%. Given Brookline Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brookline Bancorp 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Brookline Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better valuation & earnings, SMPL or BRKL?

Simply Good Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Brookline Bancorp. Brookline Bancorp 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	$1.41B	2.37	$139.31M	$1.44	22.97
Brookline Bancorp	$359.12M	2.63	$68.71M	$0.82	12.91

Is SMPL or BRKL a better dividend stock?

Simply Good Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Brookline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Simply Good Foods pays out 25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookline Bancorp pays out 65.9% 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.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SMPL or BRKL?

88.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, SMPL or BRKL?

Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookline Bancorp has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SMPL or BRKL more profitable?

Brookline Bancorp has a net margin of 10.51% compared to Simply Good Foods' net margin of 10.40%. Simply Good Foods' return on equity of 10.25% beat Brookline Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Simply Good Foods	10.40%	10.25%	7.63%
Brookline Bancorp	10.51%	5.94%	0.62%

Does the media prefer SMPL or BRKL?

In the previous week, Simply Good Foods had 6 more articles in the media than Brookline Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Simply Good Foods and 1 mentions for Brookline Bancorp. Brookline Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Simply Good Foods' score of 1.03 indicating that Brookline Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Simply Good Foods	Positive
Brookline Bancorp	Very Positive

Summary

Simply Good Foods beats Brookline Bancorp on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.