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$62.76 +0.62 (+1.00%)
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LW vs. CELH, VITL, KHC, BRBR, BRFS, FRPT, NOMD, KLG, UTZ, and OTLY

Should you be buying Lamb Weston stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lamb Weston include Celsius (CELH), Vital Farms (VITL), Kraft Heinz (KHC), BellRing Brands (BRBR), BRF (BRFS), Freshpet (FRPT), Nomad Foods (NOMD), WK Kellogg (KLG), Utz Brands (UTZ), and Oatly Group (OTLY). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.

Lamb Weston vs. Its Competitors

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

Lamb Weston currently has a consensus price target of $65.70, suggesting a potential upside of 4.68%. Celsius has a consensus price target of $62.40, suggesting a potential upside of 6.30%. Given Celsius' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Celsius is more favorable than Lamb Weston.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lamb Weston
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Celsius
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lamb Weston$6.45B1.36$357.20M$2.0930.03
Celsius$1.36B11.17$145.07M$0.37158.65

Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celsius has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of Celsius shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Lamb Weston shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Celsius shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Lamb Weston had 25 more articles in the media than Celsius. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Lamb Weston and 23 mentions for Celsius. Celsius' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Lamb Weston's score of 0.66 indicating that Celsius is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lamb Weston
13 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
19 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Celsius
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Celsius has a net margin of 7.91% compared to Lamb Weston's net margin of 4.56%. Celsius' return on equity of 36.88% beat Lamb Weston's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lamb Weston4.56% 28.08% 6.47%
Celsius 7.91%36.88%10.24%

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LW vs. The Competition

MetricLamb WestonFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.77B$8.18B$15.84B$21.82B
Dividend Yield2.35%3.81%3.20%3.54%
P/E Ratio30.0322.7018.0529.81
Price / Sales1.362.1648.4467.73
Price / Cash10.0212.7314.7418.31
Price / Book5.103.587.164.65
Net Income$357.20M$395.13M$680.75M$1.00B
7 Day Performance13.56%3.89%7.33%2.07%
1 Month Performance8.18%2.45%1.98%3.33%
1 Year Performance-8.84%-1.95%-1.29%13.11%

Lamb Weston Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LW
Lamb Weston
4.5924 of 5 stars
$62.76
+1.0%
$65.70
+4.7%
-8.9%$8.77B$6.45B30.0310,100Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CELH
Celsius
3.7952 of 5 stars
$56.90
+4.6%
$61.95
+8.9%
+94.0%$14.68B$1.36B153.781,073Analyst Upgrade
VITL
Vital Farms
4.3723 of 5 stars
$41.94
-0.9%
$49.80
+18.7%
+15.7%$1.87B$606.31M37.45290Positive News
KHC
Kraft Heinz
4.3366 of 5 stars
$25.70
-1.3%
$29.76
+15.8%
-24.7%$30.42B$25.85B-5.7236,000
BRBR
BellRing Brands
4.083 of 5 stars
$36.74
-0.2%
$64.80
+76.4%
-43.7%$4.63B$2.00B20.99380Analyst Downgrade
BRFS
BRF
1.3889 of 5 stars
$3.47
-9.2%
$3.50
+0.9%
-19.1%$3.76B$63.95B9.13100,747Gap Down
FRPT
Freshpet
4.3688 of 5 stars
$52.41
+5.5%
$106.43
+103.1%
-62.3%$2.56B$975.18M78.221,296
NOMD
Nomad Foods
4.8512 of 5 stars
$12.99
-0.3%
$19.75
+52.1%
-28.1%$1.99B$3.35B8.897,788
KLG
WK Kellogg
3.1277 of 5 stars
$23.00
flat
$20.88
-9.2%
+36.5%$1.99B$2.61B62.163,280Positive News
High Trading Volume
UTZ
Utz Brands
3.8042 of 5 stars
$11.83
-2.4%
$17.29
+46.1%
-27.2%$1.67B$1.41B56.353,200
OTLY
Oatly Group
1.9443 of 5 stars
$16.91
-3.5%
$17.25
+2.0%
-8.1%$512.54M$823.67M-2.571,482

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This page (NYSE:LW) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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