Simply Good Foods (SMPL) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, MTG or SMPL?

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

Does the media prefer MTG or SMPL?

In the previous week, Simply Good Foods had 2 more articles in the media than MGIC Investment. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Simply Good Foods and 5 mentions for MGIC Investment. MGIC Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Simply Good Foods' score of 1.10 indicating that MGIC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MGIC Investment	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Simply Good Foods	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate MTG or SMPL?

MGIC Investment currently has a consensus target price of $26.63, indicating a potential upside of 1.45%. Simply Good Foods has a consensus target price of $40.67, indicating a potential upside of 19.71%. Given Simply Good Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Simply Good Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MTG or SMPL?

MGIC Investment received 174 more outperform votes than Simply Good Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.54% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 66.21% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MGIC Investment	Outperform Votes 484 66.21%	Underperform Votes 247 33.79%
Simply Good Foods	Outperform Votes 310 67.54%	Underperform Votes 149 32.46%

Is MTG or SMPL 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
MGIC Investment	63.18%	14.86%	11.69%
Simply Good Foods	10.40%	10.25%	7.63%

Which has stronger 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	$1.22B	5.11	$762.99M	$3.01	8.72
Simply Good Foods	$1.41B	2.43	$139.31M	$1.44	23.59

Do insiders and institutionals believe in MTG or SMPL?

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

Is MTG or SMPL a better dividend stock?

MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Simply Good Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. MGIC Investment pays out 17.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Simply Good Foods pays out 25.0% 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.

Summary

MGIC Investment beats Simply Good Foods on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.