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Maple Leaf Foods (MFI) Competitors

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C$30.37 +0.03 (+0.10%)
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MFI vs. SAP, PBH, JWEL, BU, SOY, CLR, HLF, BABY, TPK, and SWP

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), Burcon NutraScience (BU), SunOpta (SOY), Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated (CLR.TO) (CLR), High Liner Foods (HLF), Else Nutrition (BABY), Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee (TPK), and Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee (SWP). 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

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$4.93B0.77C$34.28MC$0.27112.08
SaputoC$18.74B0.64-C$157.06M-C$0.37-76.28

Maple Leaf Foods pays an annual dividend of C$0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Saputo pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Maple Leaf Foods pays out 324.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Saputo pays out -203.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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%

Maple Leaf Foods has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saputo has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

26.4% of Maple Leaf Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.8% of Saputo shares are held by institutional investors. 39.9% of Maple Leaf Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 40.5% of Saputo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Maple Leaf Foods currently has a consensus target price of C$33.60, suggesting a potential upside of 10.64%. Saputo has a consensus target price of C$30.88, suggesting a potential upside of 8.37%. Given Maple Leaf Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Saputo
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

In the previous week, Maple Leaf Foods had 3 more articles in the media than Saputo. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Maple Leaf Foods and 9 mentions for Saputo. Maple Leaf Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Saputo's score of -0.25 indicating that Maple Leaf Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Maple Leaf Foods beats Saputo on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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MFI vs. The Competition

MetricMaple Leaf FoodsPackaged Foods IndustryDefensive SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$3.80BC$2.16BC$6.92BC$6.26B
Dividend Yield4.09%2.65%3.17%6.72%
P/E Ratio112.0816.4913.5854.38
Price / Sales0.7768.2486.811,113.49
Price / Cash27.20119.32144.7483.29
Price / Book2.487.314.194.96
Net IncomeC$34.28MC$2.63BC$999.43MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance2.43%0.54%-0.36%0.51%
1 Month Performance7.85%1.18%-1.12%4.13%
1 Year Performance23.51%62.17%66.15%25.62%

Maple Leaf Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MFI
Maple Leaf Foods
2.0385 of 5 stars
C$30.37
+0.1%
C$33.60
+10.6%
+22.9%C$3.80BC$4.93B112.0813,500News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SAP
Saputo
0.8177 of 5 stars
C$27.11
-1.9%
C$30.88
+13.9%
-11.1%C$11.43BC$18.74B-72.58112,000
PBH
Premium Brands
2.7636 of 5 stars
C$82.86
-1.1%
C$101.90
+23.0%
-5.6%C$3.69BC$6.41B36.89540News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
JWEL
Jamieson Wellness
1.4437 of 5 stars
C$34.92
-1.1%
C$41.65
+19.3%
+12.3%C$1.46BC$715.02M36.69240
BU
Burcon NutraScience
N/AC$3.00
-9.4%
N/A-27.3%C$733.52MC$724.40K-51.8220Gap Up
SOY
SunOpta
N/AC$8.49
+2.5%
N/A+16.2%C$707.82MC$464.89M-38.801,450News Coverage
Gap Up
CLR
Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated (CLR.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$536.82MC$507.11M86.741,845
HLF
High Liner Foods
1.7243 of 5 stars
C$18.49
-1.2%
C$21.25
+14.9%
+32.0%C$387.53MC$660.88M6.56N/A
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$4.40
+0.2%
N/A+16.9%C$41.39MC$163.19M190.7383News Coverage

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This page (TSE:MFI) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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