Kraft Heinz (KHC) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer KHC or BRBR?

In the previous week, Kraft Heinz had 31 more articles in the media than BellRing Brands. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Kraft Heinz and 11 mentions for BellRing Brands. BellRing Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Kraft Heinz's score of 0.81 indicating that BellRing Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kraft Heinz	22 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BellRing Brands	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

78.2% of Kraft Heinz shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Kraft Heinz shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of BellRing Brands shares are owned 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	$25.85B	1.43	$2.74B	$2.26	13.72
BellRing Brands	$2.10B	4.41	$246.50M	$2.13	33.84

Which has more volatility and risk, KHC or BRBR?

Kraft Heinz has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KHC or BRBR?

Kraft Heinz received 500 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.69% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 63.79% of users gave Kraft Heinz an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kraft Heinz	Outperform Votes 636 63.79%	Underperform Votes 361 36.21%
BellRing Brands	Outperform Votes 136 68.69%	Underperform Votes 62 31.31%

Is KHC or BRBR more profitable?

BellRing Brands has a net margin of 13.32% compared to Kraft Heinz's net margin of 10.62%. Kraft Heinz's return on equity of 7.58% beat BellRing Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kraft Heinz	10.62%	7.58%	4.18%
BellRing Brands	13.32%	-130.14%	33.35%

Do analysts rate KHC or BRBR?

Kraft Heinz presently has a consensus target price of $30.86, suggesting a potential downside of 0.51%. BellRing Brands has a consensus target price of $77.87, suggesting a potential upside of 8.04%. Given BellRing Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BellRing Brands is more favorable than Kraft Heinz.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kraft Heinz	2 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86
BellRing Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Kraft Heinz on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.