Computer Modelling Group (CMG) Competitors

MTY Food Group (TSE:MTY) and Computer Modelling Group (TSE:CMG) are both small-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and risk.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MTY or CMG?

MTY Food Group has higher revenue and earnings than Computer Modelling Group. MTY Food Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Computer Modelling Group, 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	22.37
Computer Modelling Group	C$128.56M	4.00	C$23.95M	C$0.26	23.92

Do analysts recommend MTY or CMG?

MTY Food Group currently has a consensus price target of C$50.50, suggesting a potential upside of 31.24%. Computer Modelling Group has a consensus price target of C$12.60, suggesting a potential upside of 102.57%. Given Computer Modelling Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Computer Modelling Group is more favorable than MTY Food Group.

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
Computer Modelling Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media refer more to MTY or CMG?

In the previous week, Computer Modelling Group had 1 more articles in the media than MTY Food Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Computer Modelling Group and 0 mentions for MTY Food Group. MTY Food Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Computer Modelling Group's score of -1.10 indicating that MTY Food Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MTY Food Group	Neutral
Computer Modelling Group	Negative

Is MTY or CMG 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%. Computer Modelling Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. MTY Food Group pays out 70.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Computer Modelling Group pays out 76.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility and risk, MTY or CMG?

MTY Food Group has a beta of 1.156833, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Computer Modelling Group has a beta of -0.28674, suggesting that its stock price is 129% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MTY or CMG?

22.8% of MTY Food Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of Computer Modelling Group shares are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of MTY Food Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Computer Modelling Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is MTY or CMG more profitable?

Computer Modelling Group has a net margin of 19.18% compared to MTY Food Group's net margin of 8.30%. Computer Modelling Group's return on equity of 33.54% beat MTY Food Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MTY Food Group	8.30%	11.66%	4.18%
Computer Modelling Group	19.18%	33.54%	12.79%

Summary

Computer Modelling Group beats MTY Food Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.