Boyd Group Services (BYD) Competitors

Boyd Group Services (TSE:BYD) and MTY Food Group (TSE:MTY) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and community ranking.

Is BYD or MTY a better dividend stock?

Boyd Group Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. MTY Food Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Boyd Group Services pays out 22.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MTY Food Group pays out 28.0% 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.

Is BYD or MTY more profitable?

MTY Food Group has a net margin of 8.30% compared to Boyd Group Services' net margin of 1.35%. MTY Food Group's return on equity of 11.66% beat Boyd Group Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boyd Group Services	1.35%	4.93%	3.95%
MTY Food Group	8.30%	11.66%	4.18%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BYD or MTY?

57.6% of Boyd Group Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of MTY Food Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Boyd Group Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of MTY Food Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BYD or MTY?

MTY Food Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Boyd Group Services. MTY Food Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boyd Group Services, 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
Boyd Group Services	C$2.16B	1.48	C$29.07M	C$2.71	77.42
MTY Food Group	C$1.13B	0.87	C$93.69M	C$4.00	10.46

Which has more volatility and risk, BYD or MTY?

Boyd Group Services has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MTY Food Group has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BYD or MTY?

Boyd Group Services presently has a consensus target price of C$271.36, suggesting a potential upside of 29.10%. MTY Food Group has a consensus target price of C$52.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.11%. Given Boyd Group Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Boyd Group Services is more favorable than MTY Food Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boyd Group Services	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10
MTY Food Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media refer more to BYD or MTY?

In the previous week, Boyd Group Services had 51 more articles in the media than MTY Food Group. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Boyd Group Services and 1 mentions for MTY Food Group. MTY Food Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Boyd Group Services' score of -0.17 indicating that MTY Food Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Boyd Group Services	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MTY Food Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BYD or MTY?

MTY Food Group received 179 more outperform votes than Boyd Group Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.44% of users gave MTY Food Group an outperform vote while only 53.39% of users gave Boyd Group Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Boyd Group Services	Outperform Votes 126 53.39%	Underperform Votes 110 46.61%
MTY Food Group	Outperform Votes 305 57.44%	Underperform Votes 226 42.56%

Summary

MTY Food Group beats Boyd Group Services on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.