MFI vs. SAP, PBH, JWEL, SOY, CLR, HLF, BABY, TPK, SWP, and BU
Should you be buying Maple Leaf Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maple Leaf Foods include Saputo (SAP), Premium Brands (PBH), Jamieson Wellness (JWEL), SunOpta (SOY), Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated (CLR.TO) (CLR), High Liner Foods (HLF), Else Nutrition (BABY), Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee (TPK), Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee (SWP), and Burcon NutraScience (BU). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods" industry.
Maple Leaf Foods vs. Its Competitors
Saputo (TSE:SAP) and Maple Leaf Foods (TSE:MFI) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Maple Leaf Foods had 9 more articles in the media than Saputo. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Maple Leaf Foods and 3 mentions for Saputo. Saputo's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Maple Leaf Foods' score of 0.94 indicating that Saputo is being referred to more favorably in the media.
25.5% of Saputo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.5% of Maple Leaf Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 40.5% of Saputo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.9% of Maple Leaf Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Saputo presently has a consensus target price of C$34.63, indicating a potential upside of 1.15%. Maple Leaf Foods has a consensus target price of C$38.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.66%. Given Maple Leaf Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Maple Leaf Foods is more favorable than Saputo.
Saputo has a beta of 0.073603, suggesting that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maple Leaf Foods has a beta of 0.820397, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Maple Leaf Foods has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Saputo. Saputo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maple Leaf Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Maple Leaf Foods has a net margin of 0.70% compared to Saputo's net margin of -0.84%. Maple Leaf Foods' return on equity of 2.19% beat Saputo's return on equity.
Saputo pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Maple Leaf Foods pays an annual dividend of C$0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Saputo pays out -223.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Maple Leaf Foods pays out 63.9% 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.
Summary
Maple Leaf Foods beats Saputo on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:MFI) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
