Simply Good Foods (SMPL) Competitors

MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) and Simply Good Foods (NASDAQ:SMPL) are both mid-cap thrifts & mortgage finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MTG or SMPL?

95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of MGIC Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Simply Good Foods 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.

Does the media favor MTG or SMPL?

In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 8 more articles in the media than Simply Good Foods. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for MGIC Investment and 10 mentions for Simply Good Foods. Simply Good Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat MGIC Investment's score of 1.09 indicating that Simply Good Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MGIC Investment	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Simply Good Foods	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MTG or SMPL?

MGIC Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Simply Good Foods. MGIC Investment 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
MGIC Investment	$1.21B	5.28	$762.99M	$3.05	9.07
Simply Good Foods	$1.46B	1.98	$139.31M	$1.43	20.03

Which has more risk & volatility, MTG or SMPL?

MGIC Investment has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MTG or SMPL a better dividend stock?

MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Simply Good Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. MGIC Investment pays out 19.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Simply Good Foods pays out 25.2% 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. MGIC Investment has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. MGIC Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is MTG or SMPL more profitable?

MGIC Investment has a net margin of 62.58% compared to Simply Good Foods' net margin of 9.97%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.73% beat Simply Good Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MGIC Investment	62.58%	14.73%	11.62%
Simply Good Foods	9.97%	10.29%	7.58%

Do analysts prefer MTG or SMPL?

MGIC Investment presently has a consensus price target of $26.67, indicating a potential downside of 3.57%. Simply Good Foods has a consensus price target of $39.88, indicating a potential upside of 39.23%. Given Simply Good Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Simply Good Foods is more favorable than MGIC Investment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MGIC Investment	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83
Simply Good Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Summary

MGIC Investment beats Simply Good Foods on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.