Freshpet (FRPT) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate BRBR or FRPT?

BellRing Brands currently has a consensus target price of $77.63, suggesting a potential upside of 18.84%. Freshpet has a consensus target price of $135.73, suggesting a potential upside of 51.42%. Given Freshpet's higher probable 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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BRBR or FRPT?

Freshpet received 373 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.48% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 63.21% of users gave Freshpet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BellRing Brands	Outperform Votes 139 67.48%	Underperform Votes 67 32.52%
Freshpet	Outperform Votes 512 63.21%	Underperform Votes 298 36.79%

Does the media favor BRBR or FRPT?

In the previous week, BellRing Brands had 12 more articles in the media than Freshpet. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for BellRing Brands and 12 mentions for Freshpet. BellRing Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Freshpet's score of 1.28 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	23 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Freshpet	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, BRBR or FRPT?

BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freshpet has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BRBR or FRPT?

95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of BellRing Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Freshpet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BRBR or FRPT more profitable?

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 Brands	13.32%	-130.14%	33.35%
Freshpet	4.81%	3.92%	2.60%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BRBR or FRPT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BellRing Brands	$2.19B	3.78	$246.50M	$2.15	30.38
Freshpet	$1.01B	4.31	-$33.61M	$0.31	289.16

Summary

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