BellRing Brands (BRBR) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend BRBR or LW?

BellRing Brands currently has a consensus price target of $76.19, indicating a potential upside of 31.11%. Lamb Weston has a consensus price target of $67.64, indicating a potential upside of 38.20%. Given Lamb Weston's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lamb Weston is more favorable than BellRing Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BellRing Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81
Lamb Weston	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media prefer BRBR or LW?

In the previous week, BellRing Brands had 21 more articles in the media than Lamb Weston. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for BellRing Brands and 17 mentions for Lamb Weston. Lamb Weston's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat BellRing Brands' score of 0.19 indicating that Lamb Weston is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BellRing Brands	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lamb Weston	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BRBR or LW?

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
BellRing Brands	$2.00B	3.70	$246.50M	$2.15	27.03
Lamb Weston	$6.47B	1.07	$725.50M	$2.55	19.19

Which has more risk and volatility, BRBR or LW?

BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BRBR or LW more profitable?

BellRing Brands has a net margin of 12.82% compared to Lamb Weston's net margin of 5.74%. Lamb Weston's return on equity of 27.25% beat BellRing Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BellRing Brands	12.82%	-133.63%	32.69%
Lamb Weston	5.74%	27.25%	6.31%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BRBR or LW?

95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of BellRing Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Lamb Weston shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Lamb Weston on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.