MTY Food Group (MTY) Competitors

MTY Food Group (TSE:MTY) and Boyd Group Services (TSE:BYD) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.

Which has more volatility & risk, MTY or BYD?

MTY Food Group has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boyd Group Services has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MTY or BYD a better dividend stock?

MTY Food Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Boyd Group Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. MTY Food Group pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boyd Group Services pays out 22.1% 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.

Does the media refer more to MTY or BYD?

In the previous week, Boyd Group Services had 11 more articles in the media than MTY Food Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Boyd Group Services and 1 mentions for MTY Food Group. Boyd Group Services' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat MTY Food Group's score of -0.98 indicating that Boyd Group Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MTY Food Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Boyd Group Services	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, MTY or BYD?

MTY Food Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Boyd Group Services. MTY Food Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boyd Group Services, 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$1.13B	0.81	C$93.69M	C$4.00	9.81
Boyd Group Services	C$2.16B	1.49	C$29.07M	C$2.71	78.00

Do analysts prefer MTY or BYD?

MTY Food Group currently has a consensus target price of C$50.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.53%. Boyd Group Services has a consensus target price of C$259.18, indicating a potential upside of 22.39%. Given MTY Food Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MTY Food Group is more favorable than Boyd Group Services.

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
Boyd Group Services	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.18

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MTY or BYD?

19.0% of MTY Food Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.6% of Boyd Group Services shares are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of MTY Food Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Boyd Group Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MTY or BYD more profitable?

MTY Food Group has a net margin of 8.30% compared to Boyd Group Services' net margin of 1.35%. MTY Food Group's return on equity of 11.66% beat Boyd Group Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MTY Food Group	8.30%	11.66%	4.18%
Boyd Group Services	1.35%	4.93%	3.95%

Summary

Boyd Group Services beats MTY Food Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.