Tate & Lyle (TATYY) Competitors

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

Is SMPL or TATYY more profitable?

Simply Good Foods has a net margin of 10.98% compared to Tate & Lyle's net margin of 0.00%. Simply Good Foods' return on equity of 10.11% beat Tate & Lyle's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Simply Good Foods	10.98%	10.11%	7.03%
Tate & Lyle	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to SMPL or TATYY?

In the previous week, Tate & Lyle had 1 more articles in the media than Simply Good Foods. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Tate & Lyle and 4 mentions for Simply Good Foods. Simply Good Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Tate & Lyle's score of 0.41 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Tate & Lyle	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, SMPL or TATYY?

Tate & Lyle has higher revenue and earnings than Simply Good Foods.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Simply Good Foods	$1.17 billion	3.09	$108.57 million	$1.29	28.12
Tate & Lyle	$2.13 billion	1.86	$322.33 million	N/A	N/A

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

84.8% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 11.3% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Tate & Lyle shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate SMPL or TATYY?

Simply Good Foods currently has a consensus price target of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.80%. Given Tate & Lyle's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tate & Lyle is more favorable than Simply Good Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Simply Good Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Tate & Lyle	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility & risk, SMPL or TATYY?

Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tate & Lyle has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SMPL or TATYY?

Simply Good Foods received 23 more outperform votes than Tate & Lyle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.63% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 56.07% of users gave Tate & Lyle an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Simply Good Foods	Outperform Votes 291 68.63%	Underperform Votes 133 31.37%
Tate & Lyle	Outperform Votes 268 56.07%	Underperform Votes 210 43.93%

Summary

Simply Good Foods beats Tate & Lyle on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.