FRPT vs. LW, BRBR, NOMD, UTZ, VITL, KLG, OTLY, MAMA, BYND, and AFRI
Should you be buying Freshpet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freshpet include Lamb Weston (LW), BellRing Brands (BRBR), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Utz Brands (UTZ), Vital Farms (VITL), WK Kellogg (KLG), Oatly Group (OTLY), Mama's Creations (MAMA), Beyond Meat (BYND), and Forafric Global (AFRI). These companies are all part of the "food products" industry.
Freshpet vs. Its Competitors
Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) and Freshpet (NASDAQ:FRPT) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Lamb Weston shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Freshpet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Lamb Weston has higher revenue and earnings than Freshpet. Lamb Weston is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freshpet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freshpet has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lamb Weston has a net margin of 5.74% compared to Freshpet's net margin of 1.54%. Lamb Weston's return on equity of 27.25% beat Freshpet's return on equity.
Lamb Weston presently has a consensus target price of $67.73, suggesting a potential upside of 28.51%. Freshpet has a consensus target price of $122.00, suggesting a potential upside of 69.09%. Given Freshpet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Freshpet is more favorable than Lamb Weston.
In the previous week, Lamb Weston had 13 more articles in the media than Freshpet. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Lamb Weston and 4 mentions for Freshpet. Freshpet's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Lamb Weston's score of 0.69 indicating that Freshpet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Lamb Weston and Freshpet tied by winning 8 of the 16 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 (NASDAQ:FRPT) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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