Freshpet (FRPT) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer BRBR or FRPT?

BellRing Brands currently has a consensus target price of $77.87, suggesting a potential upside of 5.22%. Freshpet has a consensus target price of $164.29, suggesting a potential upside of 54.42%. Given Freshpet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Freshpet 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
Freshpet	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has better earnings and valuation, BRBR or FRPT?

BellRing Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Freshpet. BellRing Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freshpet, 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	34.74
Freshpet	$766.90M	6.73	-$33.61M	$0.89	119.54

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BRBR or FRPT?

95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of BellRing Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Freshpet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BRBR or FRPT more profitable?

BellRing Brands has a net margin of 13.32% compared to Freshpet's net margin of 4.75%. Freshpet's return on equity of 3.67% beat BellRing Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BellRing Brands	13.32%	-130.14%	33.35%
Freshpet	4.75%	3.67%	2.42%

Does the media favor BRBR or FRPT?

In the previous week, Freshpet had 7 more articles in the media than BellRing Brands. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Freshpet and 20 mentions for BellRing Brands. BellRing Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Freshpet's score of 0.80 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	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Freshpet	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, BRBR or FRPT?

BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freshpet has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BRBR or FRPT?

Freshpet received 359 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.69% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 62.82% of users gave Freshpet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BellRing Brands	Outperform Votes 136 68.69%	Underperform Votes 62 31.31%
Freshpet	Outperform Votes 495 62.82%	Underperform Votes 293 37.18%

Summary

Freshpet beats BellRing Brands on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.