Simply Good Foods (SMPL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Simply Good Foods Co. (NASDAQ:SMPL) is a consumer packaged food company focused on nutrition-focused snacks and beverages. Its portfolio is built around products that support low-carbohydrate, high-protein and better-for-you eating preferences.

The company’s principal brands include Atkins, which offers nutrition bars, shakes, frozen meals, confectionery products and other low-carbohydrate foods, and Quest, which markets protein bars, cookies, chips, snacks, powders and ready-to-drink beverages. Simply Good Foods also owns OWYN, a plant-based nutrition brand offering protein shakes and related products.

Simply Good Foods sells its products primarily in the United States and Canada through grocery stores, mass merchandisers, club stores, convenience stores, drugstores, specialty retailers and e-commerce channels. The company was established in 2017 through the combination of Conyers Park Acquisition Corp. and Atkins Nutritionals. Geoff Tanner serves as president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $9.46 to $9.72
• 50-Day Range: $9.59 to $12.07
• 52-Week Range: $9.46 to $25.66
• Volume: 855,146 shs
• Average Volume: 2.48 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $839.04 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $14.45
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Simply Good Foods Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Simply Good Foods scored higher than 62% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 88th out of 171 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Simply Good Foods has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.15, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Simply Good Foods has a consensus price target of $14.45, representing about 51.4% upside from its current price of $9.55.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Simply Good Foods has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 3.25%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Simply Good Foods are expected to grow by 3.25% in the coming year, from $1.54 to $1.59 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Simply Good Foods is -4.39, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Simply Good Foods is -4.39, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Simply Good Foods has a P/B Ratio of 0.53. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

9.15% of the float of Simply Good Foods has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Simply Good Foods has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.09.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Simply Good Foods has recently increased by 11.28%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Simply Good Foods does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Simply Good Foods does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Simply Good Foods will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.64% next year. This indicates that Simply Good Foods will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.24

News Sentiment

Simply Good Foods has a news sentiment score of 0.24. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 29 news articles for Simply Good Foods this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for SMPL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -60% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Simply Good Foods to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Simply Good Foods insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

8.76% of the stock of Simply Good Foods is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

88.45% of the stock of Simply Good Foods is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/09/2026
• Today: 9/24/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/22/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 8/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Food Products
• Sub-Industry: Packaged Foods & Meats
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:SMPL
• CIK: 1702744
• Web: www.thesimplygoodfoodscompany.com
• Phone: (303) 633-2840
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 328
• Year Founded: 2017

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Simply Good Foods: $14.45
• High Price Target: $20.00
• Low Price Target: $11.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +51.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.15
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($2.17)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 6.19
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $103.61 million
• Net Margins: -14.28%
• Pretax Margin: -18.29%
• Return on Equity: 9.34%
• Return on Assets: 6.67%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.28
• Current Ratio: 4.80
• Quick Ratio: 3.10

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.45 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.58
• Cash Flow: $2.01 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.73
• Book Value: $17.97 per share
• Price / Book: 0.53

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 88,460,000
• Free Float: 80,712,000
• Market Cap: $842.58 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.17