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Maple Leaf Foods (MFI) Competitors

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C$28.71 -0.57 (-1.95%)
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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

Maple Leaf Foods (TSE:MFI) and Saputo (TSE:SAP) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Maple Leaf Foods has a beta of 0.698625, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saputo has a beta of 0.066961, meaning that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Maple Leaf Foods pays an annual dividend of C$0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Saputo pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Maple Leaf Foods pays out 63.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Saputo pays out -223.5% 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.

Maple Leaf Foods has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Maple Leaf FoodsC$5.10B0.70C$34.28MC$1.4419.94
SaputoC$19.09B0.72-C$157.06M-C$0.34-98.50

In the previous week, Maple Leaf Foods had 11 more articles in the media than Saputo. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Maple Leaf Foods and 5 mentions for Saputo. Saputo's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Maple Leaf Foods' score of 0.13 indicating that Saputo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Maple Leaf Foods
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Saputo
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Maple Leaf Foods presently has a consensus target price of C$36.69, indicating a potential upside of 27.79%. Saputo has a consensus target price of C$34.75, indicating a potential upside of 3.76%. Given Maple Leaf Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Maple Leaf Foods is more favorable than Saputo.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Maple Leaf Foods
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Saputo
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

29.1% of Maple Leaf Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.5% of Saputo shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.9% of Maple Leaf Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 40.5% of Saputo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Maple Leaf Foods0.70% 2.19% 2.85%
Saputo -0.84%-2.20%4.11%

Summary

Maple Leaf Foods beats Saputo on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MFI vs. The Competition

MetricMaple Leaf FoodsPackaged Foods IndustryDefensive SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$3.58BC$4.36BC$7.34BC$9.70B
Dividend Yield3.07%2.67%3.23%6.47%
P/E Ratio19.943,091.221,097.9827.02
Price / Sales0.703,530.941,011,604.2310.86
Price / Cash27.20119.32144.7483.29
Price / Book2.3423.948.955.83
Net IncomeC$34.28MC$2.63BC$1.01BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-17.74%-1.23%-0.92%2.47%
1 Month Performance-17.90%-3.56%-2.68%8.25%
1 Year Performance30.98%481.63%178.80%56.24%

Maple Leaf Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MFI
Maple Leaf Foods
4.1839 of 5 stars
C$28.71
-1.9%
C$36.69
+27.8%
N/AC$3.58BC$5.10B19.9413,500Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SAP
Saputo
2.6304 of 5 stars
C$33.76
flat
C$34.63
+2.6%
+18.6%C$13.91BC$19.09B-99.29112,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
PBH
Premium Brands
2.6474 of 5 stars
C$93.00
0.0%
C$111.18
+19.6%
-0.1%C$4.15BC$6.90B44.71540News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
JWEL
Jamieson Wellness
3.4392 of 5 stars
C$35.64
+0.1%
C$42.40
+19.0%
-0.7%C$1.48BC$766.01M26.80240News Coverage
SOY
SunOpta
N/AC$8.12
-0.2%
N/A+4.3%C$959.67MC$762.88M-135.331,450News Coverage
CLR
Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated (CLR.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$536.82MC$507.11M86.741,845
HLF
High Liner Foods
3.4899 of 5 stars
C$17.02
+0.5%
C$20.88
+22.6%
+26.6%C$494.07MC$971.97M10.64N/ANews Coverage
BABY
Else Nutrition
N/AC$1.17
flat
N/A+0.0%C$121.91MC$4.02M-6.161,729
TPK
Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$49.84MC$86.49M18.03N/A
SWP
Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee
N/AC$4.46
-0.9%
N/A+23.2%C$42.57MC$220.99M-111.5083
BU
Burcon NutraScience
N/AC$2.36
-1.7%
N/A-30.0%C$29.94MC$273.38K-0.6820

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This page (TSE:MFI) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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