Envista (NVST) Competitors

Envista (NYSE:NVST) and BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

Do analysts rate NVST or BRBR?

Envista currently has a consensus target price of $20.92, indicating a potential upside of 0.36%. BellRing Brands has a consensus target price of $67.86, indicating a potential upside of 78.41%. Given BellRing Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BellRing Brands is more favorable than Envista.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Envista	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
BellRing Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has more volatility and risk, NVST or BRBR?

Envista has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, NVST or BRBR?

BellRing Brands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Envista. BellRing Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Envista, 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
Envista	$2.51B	1.38	-$1.12B	$0.32	65.15
BellRing Brands	$2.00B	2.42	$246.50M	$1.75	21.73

Is NVST or BRBR more profitable?

BellRing Brands has a net margin of 10.26% compared to Envista's net margin of 2.11%. Envista's return on equity of 4.84% beat BellRing Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Envista	2.11%	4.84%	2.68%
BellRing Brands	10.26%	-123.43%	30.88%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in NVST or BRBR?

95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Envista shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of BellRing Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to NVST or BRBR?

In the previous week, BellRing Brands had 33 more articles in the media than Envista. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for BellRing Brands and 5 mentions for Envista. BellRing Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Envista's score of 0.58 indicating that BellRing Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Envista	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BellRing Brands	17 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Envista on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.