Lamb Weston (LW) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BRBR or LW?

Lamb Weston received 210 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.84% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 63.32% of users gave Lamb Weston an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BellRing Brands	Outperform Votes 137 68.84%	Underperform Votes 62 31.16%
Lamb Weston	Outperform Votes 347 63.32%	Underperform Votes 201 36.68%

Do analysts recommend BRBR or LW?

BellRing Brands presently has a consensus price target of $79.13, suggesting a potential upside of 7.02%. Lamb Weston has a consensus price target of $76.73, suggesting a potential upside of 42.84%. Given Lamb Weston's higher probable 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Lamb Weston	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BRBR or LW?

95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of BellRing Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Lamb Weston shares are held 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.

Does the media refer more to BRBR or LW?

In the previous week, Lamb Weston had 4 more articles in the media than BellRing Brands. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Lamb Weston and 16 mentions for BellRing Brands. Lamb Weston's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat BellRing Brands' score of 1.02 indicating that Lamb Weston is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BellRing Brands	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lamb Weston	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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%

Which has more risk & volatility, BRBR or LW?

BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	$2.10B	4.52	$246.50M	$2.13	34.71
Lamb Weston	$6.33B	1.21	$725.50M	$2.53	21.23

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Lamb Weston on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.