Simply Good Foods (SMPL) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SMPL or MTG?

MGIC Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Simply Good Foods	$1.41B	2.58	$139.31M	$1.44	25.03
MGIC Investment	$1.22B	5.23	$762.99M	$3.01	8.92

Is SMPL or MTG more profitable?

MGIC Investment has a net margin of 63.18% compared to Simply Good Foods' net margin of 10.40%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.86% beat Simply Good Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Simply Good Foods	10.40%	10.25%	7.63%
MGIC Investment	63.18%	14.86%	11.69%

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

88.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SMPL or MTG?

MGIC Investment received 175 more outperform votes than Simply Good Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.61% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 66.30% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Simply Good Foods	Outperform Votes 309 67.61%	Underperform Votes 148 32.39%
MGIC Investment	Outperform Votes 484 66.30%	Underperform Votes 246 33.70%

Which has more risk & volatility, SMPL or MTG?

Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SMPL or MTG?

In the previous week, Simply Good Foods had 1 more articles in the media than MGIC Investment. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Simply Good Foods and 6 mentions for MGIC Investment. Simply Good Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat MGIC Investment's score of 1.44 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
MGIC Investment	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SMPL or MTG a better dividend stock?

Simply Good Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Simply Good Foods pays out 25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MGIC Investment pays out 17.3% 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 raised 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.

Do analysts prefer SMPL or MTG?

Simply Good Foods currently has a consensus price target of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.73%. MGIC Investment has a consensus price target of $26.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.34%. Given Simply Good Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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
Simply Good Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
MGIC Investment	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Summary

MGIC Investment beats Simply Good Foods on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.