Nomad Foods (NOMD) Competitors

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

Is BRBR or NOMD more profitable?

BellRing Brands has a net margin of 13.32% compared to Nomad Foods' net margin of 6.54%. Nomad Foods' return on equity of 10.38% beat BellRing Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BellRing Brands	13.32%	-130.14%	33.35%
Nomad Foods	6.54%	10.38%	4.25%

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

95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of Nomad Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of Nomad Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to BRBR or NOMD?

In the previous week, BellRing Brands had 14 more articles in the media than Nomad Foods. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for BellRing Brands and 8 mentions for Nomad Foods. BellRing Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Nomad Foods' score of 1.35 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	21 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Nomad Foods	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, BRBR or NOMD?

BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nomad Foods has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BRBR or NOMD?

Nomad Foods received 133 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.48% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 62.67% of users gave Nomad Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BellRing Brands	Outperform Votes 139 67.48%	Underperform Votes 67 32.52%
Nomad Foods	Outperform Votes 272 62.67%	Underperform Votes 162 37.33%

Do analysts prefer BRBR or NOMD?

BellRing Brands presently has a consensus price target of $77.63, suggesting a potential upside of 24.89%. Nomad Foods has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.05%. Given Nomad Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nomad Foods 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
Nomad Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, BRBR or NOMD?

BellRing Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nomad Foods. Nomad Foods 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	3.60	$246.50M	$2.15	28.91
Nomad Foods	$3.08B	0.89	$208.56M	$1.50	11.94

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Nomad Foods on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.