SMPL vs. MTG, RDN, TFSL, WSFS, WD, PFS, BANC, WAFD, AGM, and NWBI
Should you be buying Simply Good Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simply Good Foods include MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), TFS Financial (TFSL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Banc of California (BANC), WaFd (WAFD), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), and Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Simply Good Foods vs. Its Competitors
MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) and Simply Good Foods (NASDAQ:SMPL) are both mid-cap thrifts & mortgage finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of MGIC Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
MGIC Investment has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 1 more articles in the media than Simply Good Foods. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for MGIC Investment and 7 mentions for Simply Good Foods. Simply Good Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat MGIC Investment's score of 0.76 indicating that Simply Good Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
MGIC Investment presently has a consensus target price of $26.83, suggesting a potential downside of 0.71%. Simply Good Foods has a consensus target price of $39.88, suggesting a potential upside of 64.37%. Given Simply Good Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Simply Good Foods is more favorable than MGIC Investment.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats Simply Good Foods on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:SMPL) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
