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LW vs. CELH, VITL, KHC, BRBR, BRFS, FRPT, KLG, NOMD, 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), WK Kellogg (KLG), Nomad Foods (NOMD), 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

In the previous week, Celsius had 26 more articles in the media than Lamb Weston. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Celsius and 6 mentions for Lamb Weston. Celsius' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Lamb Weston's score of 0.35 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Celsius
18 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$6.45B1.38$357.20M$2.0930.60
Celsius$1.36B12.01$145.07M$0.37170.54

Lamb Weston presently has a consensus price target of $65.70, indicating a potential upside of 2.72%. Celsius has a consensus price target of $63.15, indicating a potential upside of 0.08%. Given Lamb Weston's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lamb Weston is more favorable than Celsius.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lamb Weston
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.23
Celsius
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celsius has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share 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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Celsius shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

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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LW vs. The Competition

MetricLamb WestonFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.94B$8.08B$15.76B$21.91B
Dividend Yield2.31%3.92%3.25%3.64%
P/E Ratio30.6022.6017.7430.11
Price / Sales1.382.1547.6065.22
Price / Cash10.2212.5114.3423.91
Price / Book4.983.897.204.70
Net Income$357.20M$395.13M$680.75M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.08%3.05%1.05%-0.44%
1 Month Performance13.88%7.81%1.42%1.45%
1 Year Performance-10.31%7.52%0.94%15.02%

Lamb Weston Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LW
Lamb Weston
4.3943 of 5 stars
$63.96
-0.3%
$65.70
+2.7%
-11.2%$8.94B$6.45B30.6010,100
CELH
Celsius
3.3972 of 5 stars
$59.11
+0.7%
$62.40
+5.6%
+77.7%$15.25B$1.36B159.761,073Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
VITL
Vital Farms
4.4762 of 5 stars
$41.89
-0.3%
$49.80
+18.9%
+5.1%$1.87B$606.31M37.40290News Coverage
KHC
Kraft Heinz
4.2098 of 5 stars
$25.27
-3.0%
$29.76
+17.8%
-28.1%$29.91B$25.85B-5.6336,000Analyst Forecast
BRBR
BellRing Brands
3.7654 of 5 stars
$33.86
-3.2%
$64.80
+91.4%
-45.6%$4.27B$2.00B19.35380
BRFS
BRF
1.0128 of 5 stars
$3.47
-9.2%
$3.50
+0.9%
-16.8%$3.76B$63.95B9.13100,747Gap Down
FRPT
Freshpet
4.1615 of 5 stars
$53.26
-0.4%
$106.43
+99.8%
-64.2%$2.60B$975.18M79.491,296
KLG
WK Kellogg
2.0437 of 5 stars
$23.00
flat
$20.88
-9.2%
+30.0%$1.99B$2.61B62.163,280High Trading Volume
NOMD
Nomad Foods
4.8642 of 5 stars
$12.79
-2.3%
$19.75
+54.4%
-29.8%$1.96B$3.35B8.767,788High Trading Volume
UTZ
Utz Brands
3.6703 of 5 stars
$12.21
-1.9%
$17.29
+41.6%
-29.9%$1.73B$1.41B58.143,200
OTLY
Oatly Group
2.6969 of 5 stars
$14.46
-5.3%
$17.25
+19.3%
-18.2%$438.28M$823.67M-2.201,482

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This page (NYSE:LW) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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