Lamb Weston (LW) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LW or BRBR?

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
Lamb Weston	$6.39B	1.23	$725.50M	$2.55	21.89
BellRing Brands	$2.19B	3.48	$246.50M	$2.15	27.97

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LW or BRBR?

Lamb Weston received 209 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.79% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 62.95% of users gave Lamb Weston an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lamb Weston	Outperform Votes 350 62.95%	Underperform Votes 206 37.05%
BellRing Brands	Outperform Votes 141 67.79%	Underperform Votes 67 32.21%

Which has more risk and volatility, LW or BRBR?

Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LW or BRBR?

89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to LW or BRBR?

In the previous week, BellRing Brands had 1 more articles in the media than Lamb Weston. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for BellRing Brands and 7 mentions for Lamb Weston. BellRing Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Lamb Weston's score of 0.77 indicating that BellRing Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lamb Weston	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BellRing Brands	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer LW or BRBR?

Lamb Weston presently has a consensus target price of $69.91, suggesting a potential upside of 25.26%. BellRing Brands has a consensus target price of $77.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.04%. Given BellRing Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BellRing Brands 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
BellRing Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Is LW or BRBR more profitable?

BellRing Brands has a net margin of 13.32% compared to Lamb Weston's net margin of 5.80%. Lamb Weston's return on equity of 27.82% beat BellRing Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lamb Weston	5.80%	27.82%	6.60%
BellRing Brands	13.32%	-130.14%	33.35%

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Lamb Weston on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.