Boyd Group Services (BYD) Competitors

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

Is MTY or BYD 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
MTY Food Group	8.30%	11.66%	4.18%
Boyd Group Services	1.35%	4.93%	3.95%

Which has more risk and volatility, MTY or BYD?

MTY Food Group has a beta of 1.156833, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boyd Group Services has a beta of 0.399428, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to MTY or BYD?

In the previous week, Boyd Group Services had 3 more articles in the media than MTY Food Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Boyd Group Services and 0 mentions for MTY Food Group. MTY Food Group's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Boyd Group Services' score of 0.71 indicating that MTY Food Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MTY Food Group	Very Positive
Boyd Group Services	Positive

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

22.9% of MTY Food Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Boyd Group Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.5% of MTY Food Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Boyd Group Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, MTY or BYD?

MTY Food Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
MTY Food Group	C$1.17B	0.75	C$93.69M	C$1.72	22.35
Boyd Group Services	C$3.06B	1.66	C$29.07M	C$0.38	622.53

Do analysts prefer MTY or BYD?

MTY Food Group currently has a consensus price target of C$50.50, suggesting a potential upside of 31.37%. Boyd Group Services has a consensus price target of C$259.18, suggesting a potential upside of 9.56%. Given MTY Food Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe MTY Food Group is more favorable than Boyd Group Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MTY Food Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Boyd Group Services	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.18

Is MTY or BYD a better dividend stock?

MTY Food Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Boyd Group Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. MTY Food Group pays out 70.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boyd Group Services pays out 114.8% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

MTY Food Group beats Boyd Group Services on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.