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