BellRing Brands (BRBR) Competitors

Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) and BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer LW or BRBR?

Lamb Weston presently has a consensus price target of $67.40, indicating a potential upside of 30.97%. BellRing Brands has a consensus price target of $67.86, indicating a potential upside of 73.81%. Given BellRing Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BellRing Brands is more favorable than Lamb Weston.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lamb Weston	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30
BellRing Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Is LW or BRBR more profitable?

BellRing Brands has a net margin of 10.26% compared to Lamb Weston's net margin of 5.54%. Lamb Weston's return on equity of 27.99% beat BellRing Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lamb Weston	5.54%	27.99%	6.43%
BellRing Brands	10.26%	-123.43%	30.88%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, LW or BRBR?

Lamb Weston has higher revenue and earnings than BellRing Brands. Lamb Weston 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
Lamb Weston	$6.45B	1.11	$357.20M	$2.51	20.50
BellRing Brands	$2.00B	2.48	$246.50M	$1.75	22.31

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in LW or BRBR?

89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of BellRing Brands shares are owned 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.

Does the media prefer LW or BRBR?

In the previous week, BellRing Brands had 66 more articles in the media than Lamb Weston. MarketBeat recorded 78 mentions for BellRing Brands and 12 mentions for Lamb Weston. Lamb Weston's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat BellRing Brands' score of 0.34 indicating that Lamb Weston is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lamb Weston	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BellRing Brands	17 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	28 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, LW or BRBR?

Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Lamb Weston on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.