KLG vs. LW, BRBR, FRPT, VITL, NOMD, 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), Vital Farms (VITL), Nomad Foods (NOMD), 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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Lamb Weston had 3 more articles in the media than WK Kellogg. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lamb Weston and 4 mentions for WK Kellogg. Lamb Weston's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat WK Kellogg's score of 0.56 indicating that Lamb Weston is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
WK Kellogg presently has a consensus price target of $20.88, indicating a potential downside of 9.18%. Lamb Weston has a consensus price target of $65.30, indicating a potential upside of 19.09%. Given Lamb Weston's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lamb Weston is more favorable than WK Kellogg.
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 2.7%. 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.
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.
WK Kellogg has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
95.7% of WK Kellogg shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of WK Kellogg shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Lamb Weston shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Summary
Lamb Weston beats WK Kellogg on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:KLG) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
