Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund (BPF.UN) Competitors

Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund (TSE:BPF.UN) and MTY Food Group (TSE:MTY) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BPF.UN or MTY?

MTY Food Group received 76 more outperform votes than Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.13% of users gave Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund an outperform vote while only 57.77% of users gave MTY Food Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	Outperform Votes 229 85.13%	Underperform Votes 40 14.87%
MTY Food Group	Outperform Votes 305 57.77%	Underperform Votes 223 42.23%

Is BPF.UN or MTY a better dividend stock?

Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. MTY Food Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund pays out 101.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MTY Food Group pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk & volatility, BPF.UN or MTY?

Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MTY Food Group has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend BPF.UN or MTY?

Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund presently has a consensus target price of C$18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.84%. MTY Food Group has a consensus target price of C$54.29, suggesting a potential upside of 19.39%. Given MTY Food Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MTY Food Group is more favorable than Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
MTY Food Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Does the media prefer BPF.UN or MTY?

In the previous week, Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than MTY Food Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund and 0 mentions for MTY Food Group. Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat MTY Food Group's score of -0.45 indicating that Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	Positive
MTY Food Group	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BPF.UN or MTY?

MTY Food Group has higher revenue and earnings than Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund. MTY Food Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund, 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
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	C$49.19M	7.22	C$29.57M	C$1.34	12.46
MTY Food Group	C$1.16B	0.95	C$103M	C$4.21	10.80

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BPF.UN or MTY?

4.3% of Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of MTY Food Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.5% of Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of MTY Food Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BPF.UN or MTY more profitable?

Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund has a net margin of 60.10% compared to MTY Food Group's net margin of 8.86%. MTY Food Group's return on equity of 13.23% beat Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	60.10%	10.57%	7.21%
MTY Food Group	8.86%	13.23%	4.15%

Summary

MTY Food Group beats Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.