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$143.71 +2.30 (+1.63%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

FRPT vs. LW, BRBR, BRFS, NOMD, UTZ, KLG, VITL, OTLY, MAMA, and AFRI

Should you be buying Freshpet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freshpet include Lamb Weston (LW), BellRing Brands (BRBR), BRF (BRFS), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Utz Brands (UTZ), WK Kellogg (KLG), Vital Farms (VITL), Oatly Group (OTLY), Mama's Creations (MAMA), and Forafric Global (AFRI). These companies are all part of the "food products" industry.

Freshpet vs.

Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) and Freshpet (NASDAQ:FRPT) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Lamb Weston has a net margin of 9.57% compared to Freshpet's net margin of 4.75%. Lamb Weston's return on equity of 34.33% beat Freshpet's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lamb Weston9.57% 34.33% 8.30%
Freshpet 4.75%3.67%2.42%

In the previous week, Lamb Weston had 51 more articles in the media than Freshpet. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Lamb Weston and 4 mentions for Freshpet. Freshpet's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Lamb Weston's score of 0.11 indicating that Freshpet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lamb Weston
11 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
19 Neutral mention(s)
12 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Freshpet
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Freshpet received 149 more outperform votes than Lamb Weston when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.49% of users gave Lamb Weston an outperform vote while only 62.90% of users gave Freshpet an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lamb WestonOutperform Votes
346
63.49%
Underperform Votes
199
36.51%
FreshpetOutperform Votes
495
62.90%
Underperform Votes
292
37.10%

Lamb Weston has higher revenue and earnings than Freshpet. Lamb Weston is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freshpet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lamb Weston$6.33B1.40$725.50M$2.5324.54
Freshpet$927.89M7.52-$33.61M$0.89161.47

Lamb Weston currently has a consensus target price of $81.42, indicating a potential upside of 31.13%. Freshpet has a consensus target price of $163.36, indicating a potential upside of 13.67%. Given Lamb Weston's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lamb Weston is more favorable than Freshpet.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lamb Weston
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Freshpet
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freshpet has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Freshpet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Lamb Weston beats Freshpet on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FRPT vs. The Competition

MetricFreshpetGrain mill products IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.98B$9.76B$14.03B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A3.02%2.79%4.23%
P/E Ratio161.4729.0121.9717.18
Price / Sales7.521.872.66116.95
Price / Cash243.9250.3621.1437.86
Price / Book7.275.435.854.78
Net Income-$33.61M$562.96M$572.90M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-2.16%-3.34%-1.85%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-8.21%-1.84%-3.05%3.36%
1 Year Performance69.01%24.46%2.93%16.60%

Freshpet Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FRPT
Freshpet
3.8589 of 5 stars
$143.71
+1.6%
$163.36
+13.7%
+71.6%$6.98B$927.89M161.471,083Positive News
LW
Lamb Weston
4.9217 of 5 stars
$82.33
+3.9%
$83.27
+1.1%
-40.0%$11.74B$6.46B19.2610,700Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
BRBR
BellRing Brands
3.1768 of 5 stars
$77.63
-0.5%
$75.60
-2.6%
+37.9%$10.00B$2.00B41.71380
BRFS
BRF
3.7112 of 5 stars
$4.70
+1.7%
$10.70
+127.7%
+52.9%$5.09B$9.53B10.7496,667
NOMD
Nomad Foods
4.129 of 5 stars
$17.47
-1.6%
$24.00
+37.4%
+2.2%$2.85B$3.07B13.357,894Analyst Forecast
UTZ
Utz Brands
3.7644 of 5 stars
$17.55
-0.7%
$21.22
+20.9%
+4.1%$2.47B$1.42B-93.373,654
KLG
WK Kellogg
1.0981 of 5 stars
$20.75
-0.1%
$19.71
-5.0%
+44.4%$1.79B$2.72B26.643,150News Coverage
VITL
Vital Farms
3.1769 of 5 stars
$38.49
+2.4%
$39.20
+1.8%
+169.1%$1.69B$471.86M33.54290Analyst Forecast
Positive News
OTLY
Oatly Group
2.1906 of 5 stars
$0.68
-1.4%
$1.27
+86.5%
-48.7%$404.17M$783.35M0.001,548
MAMA
Mama's Creations
3.2892 of 5 stars
$9.40
-0.7%
$10.00
+6.4%
+71.3%$353.22M$113.59M72.85N/AEarnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AFRI
Forafric Global
N/A$10.37
+2.4%
N/A-5.2%$278.74M$305.48M0.001

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This page (NASDAQ:FRPT) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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