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$53.00 +0.24 (+0.45%)
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LW vs. CELH, VITL, BRBR, FRPT, NOMD, UTZ, KLG, OTLY, MAMA, and BYND

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), Freshpet (FRPT), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Utz Brands (UTZ), WK Kellogg (KLG), Oatly Group (OTLY), Mama's Creations (MAMA), and Beyond Meat (BYND). 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celsius has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$6.39B1.17$725.50M$2.5520.78
Celsius$1.33B9.00$145.07M$0.32145.08

Celsius has a net margin of 8.40% compared to Lamb Weston's net margin of 5.74%. Celsius' return on equity of 42.12% beat Lamb Weston's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lamb Weston5.74% 27.25% 6.31%
Celsius 8.40%42.12%10.05%

Lamb Weston currently has a consensus target price of $67.73, indicating a potential upside of 27.79%. Celsius has a consensus target price of $45.18, indicating a potential downside of 2.69%. Given Lamb Weston's higher possible upside, 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)
8 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Celsius
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of Celsius shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Celsius shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Celsius had 2 more articles in the media than Lamb Weston. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Celsius and 19 mentions for Lamb Weston. Celsius' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Lamb Weston's score of 0.57 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
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Celsius
12 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Celsius beats Lamb Weston on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$7.40B$8.49B$16.44B$20.71B
Dividend Yield2.82%3.40%3.10%3.71%
P/E Ratio20.7826.6020.3328.08
Price / Sales1.171.7456.9738.37
Price / Cash7.2412.8314.8722.53
Price / Book4.283.736.174.58
Net Income$725.50M$398.24M$685.51M$985.54M
7 Day Performance-0.70%2.25%2.67%2.79%
1 Month Performance-4.79%0.05%0.83%4.37%
1 Year Performance-35.68%-0.21%7.62%15.08%

Lamb Weston Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LW
Lamb Weston
4.7998 of 5 stars
$53.00
+0.5%
$67.73
+27.8%
-35.7%$7.40B$6.39B20.7810,700News Coverage
CELH
Celsius
2.4034 of 5 stars
$46.39
+1.1%
$45.18
-2.6%
-18.9%$11.96B$1.33B144.971,073Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
VITL
Vital Farms
3.5835 of 5 stars
$38.52
-0.8%
$44.63
+15.8%
-10.7%$1.72B$606.31M34.39290Insider Trade
BRBR
BellRing Brands
3.9839 of 5 stars
$57.90
-1.1%
$77.00
+33.0%
-5.0%$7.35B$2.00B26.93380Analyst Forecast
FRPT
Freshpet
4.0298 of 5 stars
$67.96
-0.6%
$122.00
+79.5%
-46.3%$3.31B$1.01B219.231,296Positive News
NOMD
Nomad Foods
4.8267 of 5 stars
$16.98
-0.4%
$24.00
+41.3%
+3.0%$2.60B$3.35B11.327,788Positive News
UTZ
Utz Brands
3.786 of 5 stars
$12.57
+1.0%
$17.69
+40.7%
-20.9%$1.78B$1.41B39.283,200
KLG
WK Kellogg
1.1707 of 5 stars
$15.94
-0.4%
$16.86
+5.8%
+5.7%$1.37B$2.71B24.913,280News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
OTLY
Oatly Group
1.8722 of 5 stars
$11.87
+2.0%
$16.80
+41.5%
-35.7%$355.27M$823.67M-2.081,482
MAMA
Mama's Creations
1.8544 of 5 stars
$8.30
+1.0%
$10.50
+26.5%
+17.8%$312.16M$123.33M75.46N/ANews Coverage
BYND
Beyond Meat
2.752 of 5 stars
$3.49
+2.0%
$4.00
+14.6%
-49.9%$266.88M$326.45M-1.53880Positive News

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This page (NYSE:LW) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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