Simply Good Foods (SMPL) Competitors

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

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

75.3% of Nomad Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 17.3% of Nomad Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, NOMD or SMPL?

Nomad Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Simply Good Foods. Nomad Foods 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
Nomad Foods	$3.29B	0.92	$208.56M	$1.23	15.11
Simply Good Foods	$1.24B	2.67	$133.57M	$1.39	23.83

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NOMD or SMPL?

Simply Good Foods received 44 more outperform votes than Nomad Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.25% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 62.23% of users gave Nomad Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nomad Foods	Outperform Votes 257 62.23%	Underperform Votes 156 37.77%
Simply Good Foods	Outperform Votes 301 68.25%	Underperform Votes 140 31.75%

Does the media favor NOMD or SMPL?

In the previous week, Simply Good Foods had 4 more articles in the media than Nomad Foods. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Simply Good Foods and 2 mentions for Nomad Foods. Nomad Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Simply Good Foods' score of 0.88 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
Nomad Foods	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Simply Good Foods	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NOMD or SMPL more profitable?

Simply Good Foods has a net margin of 11.12% compared to Simply Good Foods' net margin of 6.34%. Simply Good Foods' return on equity of 10.41% beat Nomad Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nomad Foods	6.34%	10.41%	4.29%
Simply Good Foods	11.12%	10.12%	7.62%

Do analysts rate NOMD or SMPL?

Nomad Foods currently has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.72%. Simply Good Foods has a consensus price target of $41.17, suggesting a potential upside of 24.26%. Given Nomad Foods' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Simply Good Foods is more favorable than Nomad Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nomad Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Simply Good Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more volatility and risk, NOMD or SMPL?

Nomad Foods has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Simply Good Foods beats Nomad Foods on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.