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$58.02 +2.25 (+4.03%)
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LW vs. CELH, VITL, BRBR, BRFS, FRPT, NOMD, KLG, UTZ, OTLY, and MAMA

Should you be buying Lamb Weston stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lamb Weston include Celsius (CELH), Vital Farms (VITL), BellRing Brands (BRBR), BRF (BRFS), Freshpet (FRPT), Nomad Foods (NOMD), WK Kellogg (KLG), Utz Brands (UTZ), Oatly Group (OTLY), and Mama's Creations (MAMA). 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celsius has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Celsius has a net margin of 7.91% compared to Lamb Weston's net margin of 5.54%. Celsius' return on equity of 36.88% beat Lamb Weston's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lamb Weston5.54% 27.99% 6.43%
Celsius 7.91%36.88%10.24%

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$6.45B1.25$357.20M$2.5123.11
Celsius$1.36B11.11$145.07M$0.37157.76

Lamb Weston currently has a consensus target price of $65.30, indicating a potential upside of 12.55%. Celsius has a consensus target price of $59.89, indicating a potential upside of 2.61%. Given Lamb Weston's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Lamb Weston is more favorable than Celsius.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lamb Weston
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30
Celsius
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76

In the previous week, Celsius had 62 more articles in the media than Lamb Weston. MarketBeat recorded 72 mentions for Celsius and 10 mentions for Lamb Weston. Lamb Weston's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Celsius' score of 0.62 indicating that Lamb Weston is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lamb Weston
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Celsius
24 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
21 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of Celsius shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Celsius shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Celsius beats Lamb Weston on 10 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$8.08B$8.42B$16.22B$21.33B
Dividend Yield2.55%3.30%3.02%3.48%
P/E Ratio23.1122.4618.5629.64
Price / Sales1.251.7748.6750.24
Price / Cash9.2412.9614.9318.12
Price / Book4.713.846.194.58
Net Income$357.20M$402.24M$682.59M$999.86M
7 Day Performance0.83%-0.79%-1.00%0.58%
1 Month Performance12.73%-0.25%0.56%5.65%
1 Year Performance-7.94%-4.66%3.71%18.25%

Lamb Weston Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LW
Lamb Weston
4.4954 of 5 stars
$58.02
+4.0%
$65.30
+12.6%
-7.9%$8.08B$6.45B23.1110,100Positive News
CELH
Celsius
3.0666 of 5 stars
$62.88
+5.3%
$53.61
-14.7%
+82.6%$16.22B$1.36B169.951,073Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Up
VITL
Vital Farms
3.792 of 5 stars
$51.09
-0.6%
$48.20
-5.7%
+74.6%$2.28B$657.95M45.62290Positive News
BRBR
BellRing Brands
4.2362 of 5 stars
$41.04
+0.4%
$64.80
+57.9%
-30.1%$5.17B$2.22B23.45380Positive News
Buyback Announcement
BRFS
BRF
1.8783 of 5 stars
$3.82
+3.4%
$3.50
-8.3%
-19.3%$4.13B$63.95B10.04105,000Gap Down
FRPT
Freshpet
4.3613 of 5 stars
$55.82
-1.8%
$109.29
+95.8%
-59.1%$2.72B$975.18M83.311,010Positive News
NOMD
Nomad Foods
4.5192 of 5 stars
$15.51
+0.7%
$20.33
+31.1%
-22.7%$2.38B$3.35B10.627,540Short Interest ↑
KLG
WK Kellogg
2.935 of 5 stars
$22.92
-0.5%
$20.88
-8.9%
+27.2%$1.98B$2.71B61.933,280Positive News
Short Interest ↓
UTZ
Utz Brands
3.72 of 5 stars
$13.41
0.0%
$17.29
+28.9%
-21.6%$1.90B$1.43B63.843,200Positive News
Dividend Announcement
OTLY
Oatly Group
0.9475 of 5 stars
$17.58
-5.0%
$17.25
-1.9%
-0.4%$526.13M$828.20M-2.681,482News Coverage
MAMA
Mama's Creations
2.4644 of 5 stars
$7.98
-1.2%
$10.50
+31.6%
+23.4%$300.14M$128.75M72.55N/APositive News

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This page (NYSE:LW) was last updated on 9/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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