BRF (BRFS) Competitors

Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) and BRF (NYSE:BRFS) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility & risk, LW or BRFS?

Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BRF has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate LW or BRFS?

Lamb Weston currently has a consensus price target of $82.22, indicating a potential upside of 8.03%. BRF has a consensus price target of $10.70, indicating a potential upside of 151.76%. Given BRF's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BRF is more favorable than Lamb Weston.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lamb Weston	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
BRF	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LW or BRFS?

Lamb Weston received 17 more outperform votes than BRF when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.01% of users gave Lamb Weston an outperform vote while only 56.55% of users gave BRF an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lamb Weston	Outperform Votes 345 64.01%	Underperform Votes 194 35.99%
BRF	Outperform Votes 328 56.55%	Underperform Votes 252 43.45%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, LW or BRFS?

Lamb Weston has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BRF. BRF is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lamb Weston, 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
Lamb Weston	$6.47B	1.68	$725.50M	$4.26	17.87
BRF	$58.26B	0.08	-$406.32M	$0.43	9.88

Does the media prefer LW or BRFS?

In the previous week, Lamb Weston had 5 more articles in the media than BRF. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Lamb Weston and 9 mentions for BRF. Lamb Weston's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat BRF's score of 0.56 indicating that Lamb Weston is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lamb Weston	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BRF	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LW or BRFS more profitable?

Lamb Weston has a net margin of 9.57% compared to BRF's net margin of 6.52%. Lamb Weston's return on equity of 34.33% beat BRF's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lamb Weston	9.57%	34.33%	8.30%
BRF	6.52%	19.66%	5.49%

Is LW or BRFS a better dividend stock?

Lamb Weston pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. BRF pays an annual dividend of $0.1650 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Lamb Weston pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BRF pays out 38.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LW or BRFS?

89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.8% of BRF shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BRF shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Lamb Weston beats BRF on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.