Nomad Foods (NOMD) Competitors

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

Is NOMD or BRBR 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
Nomad Foods	6.54%	10.38%	4.25%
BellRing Brands	13.32%	-130.14%	33.35%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NOMD or BRBR?

BellRing Brands has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Nomad Foods	$3.10B	0.99	$208.56M	$1.51	13.23
BellRing Brands	$2.10B	4.72	$246.50M	$2.13	36.23

Do analysts rate NOMD or BRBR?

Nomad Foods presently has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.12%. BellRing Brands has a consensus target price of $79.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.70%. Given Nomad Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Nomad Foods is more favorable than BellRing Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nomad Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
BellRing Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

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

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NOMD or BRBR?

Nomad Foods received 135 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.50% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 62.82% of users gave Nomad Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nomad Foods	Outperform Votes 272 62.82%	Underperform Votes 161 37.18%
BellRing Brands	Outperform Votes 137 68.50%	Underperform Votes 63 31.50%

Does the media favor NOMD or BRBR?

In the previous week, BellRing Brands had 5 more articles in the media than Nomad Foods. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for BellRing Brands and 13 mentions for Nomad Foods. BellRing Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Nomad Foods' score of 0.96 indicating that BellRing Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nomad Foods	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BellRing Brands	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, NOMD or BRBR?

Nomad Foods has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Nomad Foods on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.