Simply Good Foods Co (NASDAQ: SMPL)’s stock price has dropped by -1.20% in relation to previous closing price of $32.43. Nevertheless, the company has seen a gain of 1.04% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2025-06-24 that Simply Good Foods (SMPL) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.
Is It Worth Investing in Simply Good Foods Co (NASDAQ: SMPL) Right Now?
Simply Good Foods Co (NASDAQ: SMPL) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 22.35x compared to its average ratio. SMPL has 36-month beta value of 0.59. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 7 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 5 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for SMPL is 92.49M, and currently, short sellers hold a 4.59% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of SMPL on July 03, 2025 was 1.10M shares.
SMPL’s Market Performance
SMPL’s stock has seen a 1.04% increase for the week, with a -6.15% drop in the past month and a -7.98% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.64%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.48% for Simply Good Foods Co. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -2.09% for SMPL’s stock, with a -10.32% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of SMPL
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for SMPL stocks, with UBS repeating the rating for SMPL by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for SMPL in the upcoming period, according to UBS is $41 based on the research report published on April 23, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Morgan Stanley, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see SMPL reach a price target of $36. The rating they have provided for SMPL stocks is “Equal-Weight” according to the report published on March 24th, 2025.
TD Cowen gave a rating of “Hold” to SMPL, setting the target price at $34 in the report published on April 22nd of the previous year.
SMPL Trading at -6.87% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought SMPL to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -20.94% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at SMPL starting from Heflin Stuart E. Jr., who sale 5,000 shares at the price of $37.25 back on Apr 11 ’25. After this action, Heflin Stuart E. Jr. now owns 12,839 shares of Simply Good Foods Co, valued at $186,260 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for SMPL
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.15 for the present operating margin
- 0.38 for the gross margin
The net margin for Simply Good Foods Co stands at 0.1. The total capital return value is set at 0.09. Equity return is now at value 8.40, with 6.36 for asset returns.
Based on Simply Good Foods Co (SMPL), the company’s capital structure generated 0.14 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.62. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.16. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 7.65.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 240.06 million with net debt to EBITDA at 0.79. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.43. The receivables turnover for the company is 8.98for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.58. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 4.27.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Simply Good Foods Co (SMPL) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
