Lamb Weston (LW) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BRBR or LW?

Lamb Weston received 210 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.84% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 63.44% of users gave Lamb Weston an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BellRing Brands	Outperform Votes 137 68.84%	Underperform Votes 62 31.16%
Lamb Weston	Outperform Votes 347 63.44%	Underperform Votes 200 36.56%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BRBR or LW?

95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer BRBR or LW?

BellRing Brands presently has a consensus target price of $79.13, indicating a potential upside of 8.29%. Lamb Weston has a consensus target price of $76.73, indicating a potential upside of 43.25%. Given Lamb Weston's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lamb Weston is more favorable than BellRing Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BellRing Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Lamb Weston	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BRBR or LW?

Lamb Weston has higher revenue and earnings than BellRing Brands. Lamb Weston 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	4.47	$246.50M	$2.13	34.31
Lamb Weston	$6.33B	1.21	$725.50M	$2.53	21.17

Which has more risk and volatility, BRBR or LW?

BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BRBR or LW more profitable?

BellRing Brands has a net margin of 13.32% compared to Lamb Weston's net margin of 5.80%. Lamb Weston's return on equity of 27.82% beat BellRing Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BellRing Brands	13.32%	-130.14%	33.35%
Lamb Weston	5.80%	27.82%	6.60%

Does the media refer more to BRBR or LW?

In the previous week, Lamb Weston had 3 more articles in the media than BellRing Brands. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Lamb Weston and 16 mentions for BellRing Brands. BellRing Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Lamb Weston's score of 1.24 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	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lamb Weston	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Lamb Weston on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.