BRF (BRFS) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BRFS or BRBR?

BellRing Brands has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
BRF	$58.26B	0.08	-$406.32M	$0.43	9.67
BellRing Brands	$2.00B	4.86	$246.50M	$1.87	40.27

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BRFS or BRBR?

BRF received 196 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.39% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 56.55% of users gave BRF an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BRF	Outperform Votes 328 56.55%	Underperform Votes 252 43.45%
BellRing Brands	Outperform Votes 132 68.39%	Underperform Votes 61 31.61%

Does the media favor BRFS or BRBR?

In the previous week, BRF and BRF both had 4 articles in the media. BellRing Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat BRF's score of 0.51 indicating that BellRing Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BRF	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BellRing Brands	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BRFS or BRBR more profitable?

BellRing Brands has a net margin of 12.35% 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
BRF	6.52%	19.66%	5.49%
BellRing Brands	12.35%	-103.89%	32.74%

Do analysts rate BRFS or BRBR?

BRF presently has a consensus price target of $10.70, indicating a potential upside of 157.21%. BellRing Brands has a consensus price target of $75.60, indicating a potential upside of 0.40%. Given BRF's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BRF is more favorable than BellRing Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BRF	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
BellRing Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BRFS or BRBR?

4.8% of BRF shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BRF shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of BellRing Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, BRFS or BRBR?

BRF has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BellRing Brands beats BRF on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.