Kraft Heinz (KHC) Competitors

Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) and BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and community ranking.

Which has better valuation & earnings, KHC or BRBR?

Kraft Heinz has higher revenue and earnings than BellRing Brands. Kraft Heinz is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BellRing 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
Kraft Heinz	$26.64B	1.35	$2.86B	$1.11	26.88
BellRing Brands	$2.00B	4.99	$246.50M	$1.87	41.37

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KHC or BRBR?

Kraft Heinz received 502 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.72% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 64.44% of users gave Kraft Heinz an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kraft Heinz	Outperform Votes 636 64.44%	Underperform Votes 351 35.56%
BellRing Brands	Outperform Votes 134 68.72%	Underperform Votes 61 31.28%

Which has more volatility and risk, KHC or BRBR?

Kraft Heinz has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer KHC or BRBR?

In the previous week, Kraft Heinz had 21 more articles in the media than BellRing Brands. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Kraft Heinz and 16 mentions for BellRing Brands. Kraft Heinz's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat BellRing Brands' score of 0.70 indicating that Kraft Heinz is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kraft Heinz	16 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BellRing Brands	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer KHC or BRBR?

Kraft Heinz currently has a consensus price target of $34.07, suggesting a potential upside of 14.18%. BellRing Brands has a consensus price target of $77.13, suggesting a potential downside of 0.29%. Given Kraft Heinz's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kraft Heinz is more favorable than BellRing Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kraft Heinz	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
BellRing Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is KHC or BRBR more profitable?

BellRing Brands has a net margin of 12.35% compared to Kraft Heinz's net margin of 5.24%. Kraft Heinz's return on equity of 7.46% beat BellRing Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kraft Heinz	5.24%	7.46%	4.10%
BellRing Brands	12.35%	-103.89%	32.74%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in KHC or BRBR?

78.2% of Kraft Heinz shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Kraft Heinz shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of BellRing Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Kraft Heinz on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.