LW vs. CELH, VITL, BRBR, FRPT, NOMD, UTZ, KLG, OTLY, MAMA, and BYND
Should you be buying Lamb Weston stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lamb Weston include Celsius (CELH), Vital Farms (VITL), BellRing Brands (BRBR), Freshpet (FRPT), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Utz Brands (UTZ), WK Kellogg (KLG), Oatly Group (OTLY), Mama's Creations (MAMA), and Beyond Meat (BYND). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Lamb Weston vs. Its Competitors
Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) and Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) 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, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Celsius currently has a consensus price target of $45.18, indicating a potential downside of 2.69%. Lamb Weston has a consensus price target of $67.73, indicating a potential upside of 27.79%. Given Lamb Weston's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lamb Weston is more favorable than Celsius.
61.0% of Celsius shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Celsius shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Lamb Weston shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Celsius had 1 more articles in the media than Lamb Weston. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Celsius and 19 mentions for Lamb Weston. Celsius' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Lamb Weston's score of 0.55 indicating that Celsius is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Celsius has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lamb Weston has higher revenue and earnings than Celsius. Lamb Weston is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celsius, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Celsius has a net margin of 8.40% compared to Lamb Weston's net margin of 5.74%. Celsius' return on equity of 42.12% beat Lamb Weston's return on equity.
Summary
Celsius beats Lamb Weston on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:LW) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
