Simply Good Foods (SMPL) versus The Competition Head to Head Contrast

Simply Good Foods (NASDAQ:SMPL) is one of 328 public companies in the “Food Products” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Simply Good Foods to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Dividends

Simply Good Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Simply Good Foods pays out -21.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Food Products” companies pay a dividend yield of 12.3% and pay out 29.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Volatility & Risk

Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simply Good Foods’ competitors have a beta of -3.83, meaning that their average share price is 483% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Simply Good Foods and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Simply Good Foods	$1.36 billion	-$155.90 million	-7.77
Simply Good Foods Competitors	$15.44 billion	$700.97 million	-2,414.13

Simply Good Foods’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Simply Good Foods. Simply Good Foods is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Simply Good Foods and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Simply Good Foods	-11.49%	9.36%	6.58%
Simply Good Foods Competitors	-13.58%	-142.63%	-2.62%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Simply Good Foods and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Simply Good Foods	2	9	2	0	2.00
Simply Good Foods Competitors	2444	8290	8367	401	2.34

Simply Good Foods currently has a consensus target price of $13.36, suggesting a potential upside of 0.55%. As a group, “Food Products” companies have a potential upside of 16.05%. Given Simply Good Foods’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Simply Good Foods has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

88.4% of Simply Good Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 8.8% of Simply Good Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Simply Good Foods competitors beat Simply Good Foods on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

Simply Good Foods Company Profile

The Simply Good Foods Company operates as a consumer-packaged food and beverage company in North America and internationally. The company develops, markets, and sells snacks and meal replacements. It offers protein bars, ready-to-drink shakes, sweet and salty snacks, cookies, protein chips, and recipes under the Atkins and Quest brand names. The company also provides confectionery products, such as full-size and mini peanut butter cups, and fudgey brownie and gooey caramel candy bites, chocolatey coated peanut candies, and coconutty caramel candy bars under Atkins Endulge brand name.It distributes its products to various retail channels, such as mass merchandise, grocery and drug channels, club stores, convenience stores, gas stations, and other channels. The company also sells its products through e-commerce channels, including questnutrition.com, atkins.com, amazon.com and others. The Simply Good Foods Company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.