Utz Brands (UTZ) Competitors

Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) and Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Is LW or UTZ more profitable?

Lamb Weston has a net margin of 5.80% compared to Utz Brands' net margin of 1.13%. Lamb Weston's return on equity of 27.82% beat Utz Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lamb Weston	5.80%	27.82%	6.60%
Utz Brands	1.13%	7.92%	4.18%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LW or UTZ?

Lamb Weston received 287 more outperform votes than Utz Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.00% of users gave Lamb Weston an outperform vote while only 62.63% of users gave Utz Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lamb Weston	Outperform Votes 349 63.00%	Underperform Votes 205 37.00%
Utz Brands	Outperform Votes 62 62.63%	Underperform Votes 37 37.37%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, LW or UTZ?

Lamb Weston has higher revenue and earnings than Utz Brands. Lamb Weston is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Utz 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
Lamb Weston	$6.39B	1.15	$725.50M	$2.55	20.35
Utz Brands	$1.41B	1.21	-$24.94M	$0.18	66.82

Which has more risk & volatility, LW or UTZ?

Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Utz Brands has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LW or UTZ a better dividend stock?

Lamb Weston pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Utz Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Lamb Weston pays out 58.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Utz Brands pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lamb Weston is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to LW or UTZ?

In the previous week, Lamb Weston had 1 more articles in the media than Utz Brands. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Lamb Weston and 20 mentions for Utz Brands. Lamb Weston's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Utz Brands' score of 0.65 indicating that Lamb Weston is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lamb Weston	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Utz Brands	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend LW or UTZ?

Lamb Weston currently has a consensus target price of $70.64, suggesting a potential upside of 36.09%. Utz Brands has a consensus target price of $18.56, suggesting a potential upside of 54.27%. Given Utz Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Utz Brands is more favorable than Lamb Weston.

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
Utz Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LW or UTZ?

89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Utz Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Lamb Weston shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of Utz Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Lamb Weston beats Utz Brands on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.