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
Saputo (TSE:SAP) and Maple Leaf Foods (TSE:MFI) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.
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 currently has a consensus price target of C$30.88, indicating a potential upside of 12.85%. Maple Leaf Foods has a consensus price target of C$31.80, indicating a potential upside of 12.41%. Given Saputo's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Saputo is more favorable than Maple Leaf Foods.
In the previous week, Saputo had 4 more articles in the media than Maple Leaf Foods. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Saputo and 0 mentions for Maple Leaf Foods. Maple Leaf Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Saputo's score of 0.10 indicating that Maple Leaf Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Saputo pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Maple Leaf Foods pays an annual dividend of C$0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Saputo pays out -203.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maple Leaf Foods has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
24.8% of Saputo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.4% 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Maple Leaf Foods beats Saputo on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:MFI) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
