Lamb Weston (LW) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BRBR or LW?

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

Do analysts recommend BRBR or LW?

BellRing Brands presently has a consensus price target of $77.63, indicating a potential upside of 18.84%. Lamb Weston has a consensus price target of $69.91, indicating a potential upside of 29.46%. Given Lamb Weston's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lamb Weston is more favorable than BellRing Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BellRing Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Lamb Weston	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more risk and volatility, BRBR or LW?

BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BRBR or LW?

In the previous week, BellRing Brands had 4 more articles in the media than Lamb Weston. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for BellRing Brands and 20 mentions for Lamb Weston. BellRing Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Lamb Weston's score of 1.00 indicating that BellRing Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BellRing Brands	23 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Lamb Weston	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BRBR or LW?

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
BellRing Brands	$2.19B	3.78	$246.50M	$2.15	30.38
Lamb Weston	$6.39B	1.19	$725.50M	$2.55	21.18

Is BRBR or LW 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
BellRing Brands	13.32%	-130.14%	33.35%
Lamb Weston	5.80%	27.82%	6.60%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BRBR or LW?

Lamb Weston received 211 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.48% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 62.95% of users gave Lamb Weston an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BellRing Brands	Outperform Votes 139 67.48%	Underperform Votes 67 32.52%
Lamb Weston	Outperform Votes 350 62.95%	Underperform Votes 206 37.05%

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Lamb Weston on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.