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WK Kellogg (KLG) Competitors

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$19.57 -0.55 (-2.73%)
(As of 11:22 AM ET)

KLG vs. FRPT, BRFS, NOMD, UTZ, VITL, OTLY, MAMA, AFRI, BYND, and BRLS

Should you be buying WK Kellogg stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WK Kellogg include Freshpet (FRPT), BRF (BRFS), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Utz Brands (UTZ), Vital Farms (VITL), Oatly Group (OTLY), Mama's Creations (MAMA), Forafric Global (AFRI), Beyond Meat (BYND), and Borealis Foods (BRLS). These companies are all part of the "food products" industry.

WK Kellogg vs.

Freshpet (NASDAQ:FRPT) and WK Kellogg (NYSE:KLG) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

WK Kellogg has higher revenue and earnings than Freshpet. WK Kellogg is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freshpet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Freshpet$927.89M7.66-$33.61M$0.89164.47
WK Kellogg$2.72B0.64$110M$0.7825.79

In the previous week, Freshpet had 4 more articles in the media than WK Kellogg. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Freshpet and 1 mentions for WK Kellogg. WK Kellogg's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Freshpet's score of 1.13 indicating that WK Kellogg is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Freshpet
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
WK Kellogg
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Freshpet currently has a consensus price target of $157.80, suggesting a potential upside of 7.80%. WK Kellogg has a consensus price target of $19.71, suggesting a potential downside of 2.02%. Given Freshpet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Freshpet is more favorable than WK Kellogg.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Freshpet
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
WK Kellogg
3 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.57

Freshpet has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WK Kellogg has a beta of 0.07, suggesting that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.

95.7% of WK Kellogg shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Freshpet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of WK Kellogg shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Freshpet received 495 more outperform votes than WK Kellogg when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.90% of users gave Freshpet an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave WK Kellogg an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FreshpetOutperform Votes
495
62.90%
Underperform Votes
292
37.10%
WK KelloggOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
23
100.00%

Freshpet has a net margin of 4.75% compared to WK Kellogg's net margin of 2.50%. WK Kellogg's return on equity of 33.41% beat Freshpet's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Freshpet4.75% 3.67% 2.42%
WK Kellogg 2.50%33.41%5.60%

Summary

Freshpet beats WK Kellogg on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KLG vs. The Competition

MetricWK KelloggGrain mill products IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.73B$9.97B$14.53B$19.64B
Dividend Yield3.08%2.98%2.65%3.51%
P/E Ratio25.7929.8022.8143.80
Price / Sales0.641.912.7817.47
Price / Cash10.0950.3621.1421.73
Price / Book5.755.545.975.46
Net Income$110M$562.96M$577.98M$987.68M
7 Day Performance-3.76%-0.90%-2.04%-2.12%
1 Month Performance16.77%3.33%1.84%1.31%
1 Year Performance62.52%29.54%6.20%16.45%

WK Kellogg Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KLG
WK Kellogg
0.9107 of 5 stars
$19.57
-2.7%
$19.71
+0.7%
+62.5%$1.69B$2.72B25.093,150Positive News
FRPT
Freshpet
3.3299 of 5 stars
$147.16
+0.2%
$157.80
+7.2%
+73.3%$7.14B$927.89M165.371,083Short Interest ↓
Positive News
BRFS
BRF
3.8719 of 5 stars
$4.65
+0.6%
$10.70
+130.1%
+72.2%$5.03B$9.53B10.7496,667
NOMD
Nomad Foods
4.1879 of 5 stars
$17.57
-1.1%
$24.00
+36.6%
+6.1%$2.86B$3.07B13.357,894Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
UTZ
Utz Brands
3.893 of 5 stars
$17.50
-1.0%
$21.22
+21.3%
+16.1%$2.47B$1.42B-93.373,654
VITL
Vital Farms
3.2662 of 5 stars
$38.53
+2.6%
$39.20
+1.7%
+169.2%$1.69B$471.86M33.54290Insider Trade
Positive News
OTLY
Oatly Group
2.4392 of 5 stars
$0.68
-0.9%
$1.27
+85.4%
-46.2%$406.49M$783.35M0.001,548News Coverage
MAMA
Mama's Creations
3.4132 of 5 stars
$9.69
+2.3%
$10.00
+3.2%
+106.3%$364.12M$113.59M72.85N/AEarnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
AFRI
Forafric Global
0.1312 of 5 stars
$10.37
+2.4%
N/A-9.3%$278.74M$305.48M0.001Positive News
Gap Up
BYND
Beyond Meat
3.0409 of 5 stars
$3.69
-3.9%
$5.50
+49.1%
-62.0%$240.60M$323.47M-0.92880Insider Trade
BRLS
Borealis Foods
N/A$6.51
+3.0%
N/AN/A$139.18MN/A0.00N/AGap Down

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This page (NYSE:KLG) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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