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KLG vs. LW, BRBR, FRPT, NOMD, VITL, UTZ, OTLY, MAMA, AFRI, and BYND

Should you be buying WK Kellogg stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WK Kellogg include Lamb Weston (LW), BellRing Brands (BRBR), Freshpet (FRPT), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Vital Farms (VITL), Utz Brands (UTZ), Oatly Group (OTLY), Mama's Creations (MAMA), Forafric Global (AFRI), and Beyond Meat (BYND). These companies are all part of the "food products" industry.

WK Kellogg vs. Its Competitors

WK Kellogg (NYSE:KLG) and Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Lamb Weston has higher revenue and earnings than WK Kellogg. Lamb Weston is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WK Kellogg, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WK Kellogg$2.71B0.73$81M$0.3762.15
Lamb Weston$6.45B1.23$357.20M$2.5122.66

In the previous week, Lamb Weston had 4 more articles in the media than WK Kellogg. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Lamb Weston and 13 mentions for WK Kellogg. Lamb Weston's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat WK Kellogg's score of 0.88 indicating that Lamb Weston is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WK Kellogg
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lamb Weston
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Lamb Weston has a net margin of 5.54% compared to WK Kellogg's net margin of 1.31%. WK Kellogg's return on equity of 31.34% beat Lamb Weston's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WK Kellogg1.31% 31.34% 5.18%
Lamb Weston 5.54%27.99%6.43%

95.7% of WK Kellogg shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of WK Kellogg shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

WK Kellogg pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Lamb Weston pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. WK Kellogg pays out 178.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lamb Weston pays out 59.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WK Kellogg has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Lamb Weston has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years.

WK Kellogg has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

WK Kellogg presently has a consensus target price of $20.88, indicating a potential downside of 9.22%. Lamb Weston has a consensus target price of $65.30, indicating a potential upside of 14.78%. Given Lamb Weston's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lamb Weston is more favorable than WK Kellogg.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WK Kellogg
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.78
Lamb Weston
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30

Summary

Lamb Weston beats WK Kellogg on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KLG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KLG vs. The Competition

MetricWK KelloggCONS PD IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.99B$32.84B$16.43B$20.95B
Dividend Yield2.87%2.57%3.10%3.58%
P/E Ratio62.1540.0418.7129.11
Price / Sales0.731.8746.5752.90
Price / Cash8.7216.3914.8823.54
Price / Book5.767.515.815.45
Net Income$81M$1.23B$687.69M$992.10M
7 Day Performance-0.20%0.84%0.49%2.61%
1 Month Performance-1.75%4.34%-2.45%1.46%
1 Year Performance29.77%25.25%5.16%10.72%

WK Kellogg Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KLG
WK Kellogg
2.8004 of 5 stars
$23.00
+0.0%
$20.88
-9.2%
+35.1%$1.99B$2.71B62.153,280News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
LW
Lamb Weston
4.5593 of 5 stars
$54.31
+0.3%
$67.40
+24.1%
-8.9%$7.55B$6.45B21.6410,100News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BRBR
BellRing Brands
4.3205 of 5 stars
$38.50
+0.4%
$65.71
+70.7%
-27.5%$4.83B$2.00B22.00380Analyst Forecast
FRPT
Freshpet
4.3676 of 5 stars
$62.02
+1.3%
$110.36
+77.9%
-53.2%$2.99B$975.18M92.571,296Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NOMD
Nomad Foods
4.7027 of 5 stars
$14.77
-1.9%
$20.33
+37.7%
-14.2%$2.31B$3.35B10.127,788Positive News
VITL
Vital Farms
3.6985 of 5 stars
$49.40
+3.5%
$48.20
-2.4%
+61.7%$2.13B$606.31M44.11290Positive News
UTZ
Utz Brands
3.4 of 5 stars
$12.84
-0.7%
$17.29
+34.6%
-21.3%$1.83B$1.41B61.163,200
OTLY
Oatly Group
0.5652 of 5 stars
$16.97
-2.8%
$17.25
+1.6%
-0.2%$522.24M$823.67M-2.581,482News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
MAMA
Mama's Creations
2.2112 of 5 stars
$8.16
-0.1%
$10.50
+28.7%
+4.6%$307.28M$123.33M74.19N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
AFRI
Forafric Global
N/A$7.79
-1.3%
N/A-16.2%$212.08M$274.22M0.001
BYND
Beyond Meat
2.9503 of 5 stars
$2.53
-1.9%
$3.67
+44.9%
-61.3%$197.75M$326.45M-1.16880News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:KLG) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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