Kraft Heinz (KHC) Competitors

Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) and BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Is KHC or BRBR more profitable?

BellRing Brands has a net margin of 13.32% compared to Kraft Heinz's net margin of 10.62%. Kraft Heinz's return on equity of 7.58% beat BellRing Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kraft Heinz	10.62%	7.58%	4.18%
BellRing Brands	13.32%	-130.14%	33.35%

Which has more volatility & risk, KHC or BRBR?

Kraft Heinz has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor KHC or BRBR?

In the previous week, Kraft Heinz had 14 more articles in the media than BellRing Brands. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Kraft Heinz and 23 mentions for BellRing Brands. BellRing Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Kraft Heinz's score of 1.04 indicating that BellRing Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kraft Heinz	25 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BellRing Brands	23 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, KHC or BRBR?

Kraft Heinz has higher revenue and earnings than BellRing Brands. Kraft Heinz is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BellRing Brands, 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
Kraft Heinz	$25.43B	1.30	$2.74B	$2.19	12.74
BellRing Brands	$2.19B	3.78	$246.50M	$2.15	30.38

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KHC or BRBR?

Kraft Heinz received 497 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.48% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 63.35% of users gave Kraft Heinz an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kraft Heinz	Outperform Votes 636 63.35%	Underperform Votes 368 36.65%
BellRing Brands	Outperform Votes 139 67.48%	Underperform Votes 67 32.52%

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

78.2% of Kraft Heinz shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Kraft Heinz shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate KHC or BRBR?

Kraft Heinz presently has a consensus target price of $30.65, suggesting a potential upside of 9.85%. BellRing Brands has a consensus target price of $77.63, suggesting a potential upside of 18.84%. Given BellRing Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BellRing Brands is more favorable than Kraft Heinz.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kraft Heinz	4 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.78
BellRing Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Kraft Heinz on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.