BRF (BRFS) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate BRBR or BRFS?

BellRing Brands currently has a consensus price target of $79.25, indicating a potential upside of 5.91%. BRF has a consensus price target of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 281.18%. Given BRF's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BRF is more favorable than BellRing Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BellRing Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
BRF	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better valuation & earnings, BRBR or BRFS?

BellRing Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BRF. BRF 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
BellRing Brands	$2.10B	4.57	$246.50M	$2.13	35.13
BRF	$61.38B	0.07	-$406.32M	$0.35	10.87

Is BRBR or BRFS more profitable?

BellRing Brands has a net margin of 13.32% compared to BRF's net margin of 6.52%. BRF's return on equity of 19.66% beat BellRing Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BellRing Brands	13.32%	-130.14%	33.35%
BRF	6.52%	19.66%	5.49%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BRBR or BRFS?

95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.8% of BRF shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BRF shares are owned 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BRBR or BRFS?

BRF received 195 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.50% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 56.85% of users gave BRF an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BellRing Brands	Outperform Votes 137 68.50%	Underperform Votes 63 31.50%
BRF	Outperform Votes 332 56.85%	Underperform Votes 252 43.15%

Does the media refer more to BRBR or BRFS?

In the previous week, BellRing Brands had 15 more articles in the media than BRF. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for BellRing Brands and 3 mentions for BRF. BellRing Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat BRF's score of 0.66 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	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BRF	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, BRBR or BRFS?

BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BRF has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BellRing Brands beats BRF on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.