Freshpet (FRPT) Competitors

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

Which has higher 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	4.32	$246.50M	$2.13	33.17
Freshpet	$975.18M	4.33	-$33.61M	$0.94	92.17

Which has more risk and volatility, BRBR or FRPT?

BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freshpet has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BRBR or FRPT more profitable?

BellRing Brands has a net margin of 13.32% compared to Freshpet's net margin of 4.81%. Freshpet's return on equity of 3.92% beat BellRing Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BellRing Brands	13.32%	-130.14%	33.35%
Freshpet	4.81%	3.92%	2.60%

Do analysts prefer BRBR or FRPT?

BellRing Brands presently has a consensus price target of $78.79, suggesting a potential upside of 11.50%. Freshpet has a consensus price target of $151.67, suggesting a potential upside of 75.05%. Given Freshpet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79
Freshpet	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87

Does the media prefer BRBR or FRPT?

In the previous week, Freshpet had 2 more articles in the media than BellRing Brands. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Freshpet and 11 mentions for BellRing Brands. BellRing Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Freshpet's score of 0.87 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Freshpet	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BRBR or FRPT?

Freshpet received 367 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.69% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 63.11% 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 503 63.11%	Underperform Votes 294 36.89%

Summary

Freshpet beats BellRing Brands on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.