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$73.53 -0.38 (-0.51%)
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FRPT vs. BRBR, LW, BRFS, NOMD, UTZ, KLG, VITL, WYHG, OTLY, and MAMA

Should you be buying Freshpet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freshpet include BellRing Brands (BRBR), Lamb Weston (LW), BRF (BRFS), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Utz Brands (UTZ), WK Kellogg (KLG), Vital Farms (VITL), Wing Yip Food Holdings Group Limited (Uplisting) (WYHG), Oatly Group (OTLY), and Mama's Creations (MAMA). These companies are all part of the "food products" industry.

Freshpet vs.

BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR) and Freshpet (NASDAQ:FRPT) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

BellRing Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Freshpet. BellRing Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freshpet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BellRing Brands$2.10B4.64$246.50M$2.1335.64
Freshpet$975.18M3.65-$33.61M$0.9477.80

In the previous week, Freshpet had 2 more articles in the media than BellRing Brands. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Freshpet and 19 mentions for BellRing Brands. BellRing Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Freshpet's score of 1.06 indicating that BellRing Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BellRing Brands
14 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Freshpet
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Freshpet received 372 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.50% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 63.15% of users gave Freshpet an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BellRing BrandsOutperform Votes
137
68.50%
Underperform Votes
63
31.50%
FreshpetOutperform Votes
509
63.15%
Underperform Votes
297
36.85%

95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Freshpet shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

BellRing Brands has a net margin of 13.32% compared to Freshpet's net margin of 4.81%. Freshpet's return on equity of 3.92% beat BellRing Brands' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BellRing Brands13.32% -130.14% 33.35%
Freshpet 4.81%3.92%2.60%

BellRing Brands currently has a consensus target price of $79.25, suggesting a potential upside of 4.39%. Freshpet has a consensus target price of $138.80, suggesting a potential upside of 89.80%. Given Freshpet's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Freshpet is more favorable than BellRing Brands.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BellRing Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Freshpet
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freshpet has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Freshpet on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FRPT vs. The Competition

MetricFreshpetGrain mill products IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.56B$8.92B$17.38B$7.73B
Dividend YieldN/A3.23%2.91%4.22%
P/E Ratio77.8018.3915.4618.38
Price / Sales3.651.337.89103.40
Price / Cash177.2138.0416.3934.62
Price / Book3.704.386.304.22
Net Income-$33.61M$607.71M$731.54M$248.14M
7 Day Performance-1.34%-1.17%0.85%2.49%
1 Month Performance-13.34%-4.08%-0.73%1.01%
1 Year Performance-31.05%-3.42%-1.58%4.98%

Freshpet Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FRPT
Freshpet
3.8122 of 5 stars
$73.53
-0.5%
$138.80
+88.8%
-31.4%$3.58B$975.18M78.221,010Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
BRBR
BellRing Brands
2.2915 of 5 stars
$72.69
-3.2%
$79.13
+8.9%
+36.5%$9.32B$2.10B34.13380Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
LW
Lamb Weston
4.7436 of 5 stars
$51.58
-3.7%
$71.27
+38.2%
-38.4%$7.28B$6.39B20.398,000Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
BRFS
BRF
3.6476 of 5 stars
$3.55
-2.2%
$14.50
+308.5%
+17.8%$3.84B$61.38B8.26105,000Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
NOMD
Nomad Foods
4.1774 of 5 stars
$19.66
+0.2%
$24.00
+22.1%
+6.1%$3.02B$3.10B14.787,540Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
UTZ
Utz Brands
4.7352 of 5 stars
$13.79
+0.5%
$19.25
+39.6%
-26.4%$1.95B$1.41B76.613,740Upcoming Earnings
KLG
WK Kellogg
0.9285 of 5 stars
$18.84
-3.5%
$17.89
-5.0%
-24.1%$1.62B$2.71B23.263,150Upcoming Earnings
VITL
Vital Farms
4.2191 of 5 stars
$33.06
+0.2%
$43.13
+30.4%
+26.0%$1.46B$606.31M29.52290
WYHG
Wing Yip Food Holdings Group Limited (Uplisting)
N/A$7.36
-3.2%
N/AN/A$353.08M$189.44B0.00N/APositive News
Gap Up
OTLY
Oatly Group
2.3035 of 5 stars
$8.53
-1.0%
$19.75
+131.5%
-48.6%$255.29M$823.67M-1.251,910Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MAMA
Mama's Creations
3.1686 of 5 stars
$6.20
-5.1%
$10.67
+72.0%
+9.7%$233.10M$123.33M68.90N/APositive News

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