Lamb Weston (LW) Competitors $62.09 -0.41 (-0.66%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends LW vs. KHC, BRBR, FRPT, BRFS, NOMD, UTZ, KLG, VITL, OTLY, and MAMAShould you be buying Lamb Weston stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lamb Weston include Kraft Heinz (KHC), BellRing Brands (BRBR), Freshpet (FRPT), BRF (BRFS), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Utz Brands (UTZ), WK Kellogg (KLG), Vital Farms (VITL), Oatly Group (OTLY), and Mama's Creations (MAMA). These companies are all part of the "food products" industry. Lamb Weston vs. Kraft Heinz BellRing Brands Freshpet BRF Nomad Foods Utz Brands WK Kellogg Vital Farms Oatly Group Mama's Creations Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) and Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation. Is LW or KHC more profitable? Lamb Weston has a net margin of 9.57% compared to Kraft Heinz's net margin of 5.24%. Lamb Weston's return on equity of 34.33% beat Kraft Heinz's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Lamb Weston9.57% 34.33% 8.30% Kraft Heinz 5.24%7.46%4.10% Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LW or KHC? Kraft Heinz received 290 more outperform votes than Lamb Weston when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.90% of users gave Kraft Heinz an outperform vote while only 63.49% of users gave Lamb Weston an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformLamb WestonOutperform Votes34663.49% Underperform Votes19936.51% Kraft HeinzOutperform Votes63664.90% Underperform Votes34435.10% Do analysts recommend LW or KHC? Lamb Weston presently has a consensus price target of $81.42, indicating a potential upside of 31.13%. Kraft Heinz has a consensus price target of $36.55, indicating a potential upside of 19.74%. Given Lamb Weston's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Lamb Weston is more favorable than Kraft Heinz.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Lamb Weston 0 Sell rating(s) 8 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.38Kraft Heinz 1 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.27 Which has stronger earnings and valuation, LW or KHC? Kraft Heinz has higher revenue and earnings than Lamb Weston. Lamb Weston is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kraft Heinz, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLamb Weston$6.33B1.40$725.50M$2.5324.54Kraft Heinz$26.13B1.41$2.86B$1.1127.50 Do institutionals and insiders believe in LW or KHC? 89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of Kraft Heinz shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Kraft Heinz shares are owned 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. Which has more volatility and risk, LW or KHC? Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kraft Heinz has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer LW or KHC? In the previous week, Lamb Weston had 49 more articles in the media than Kraft Heinz. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Lamb Weston and 6 mentions for Kraft Heinz. Kraft Heinz's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Lamb Weston's score of 0.20 indicating that Kraft Heinz is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Lamb Weston 11 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 19 Neutral mention(s) 12 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Kraft Heinz 4 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Is LW or KHC a better dividend stock? Lamb Weston pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Kraft Heinz pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Lamb Weston pays out 56.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kraft Heinz pays out 144.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SummaryLamb Weston beats Kraft Heinz on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Brownstone ResearchMedia Humiliated: Demo of Elon’s Tech Proves They’re WrongElon Musk believes his new AI product will be worth an incredible $9 trillion. But the mainstream media is not buying it.Click here to watch this demo and decide for yourself. Get Lamb Weston News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LW and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart LW vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricLamb WestonCanned, frozen, & preserved fruits, vegetables, & food special IndustryStaples SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$8.91B$6.61B$14.04B$19.18BDividend Yield1.84%2.77%2.77%3.58%P/E Ratio14.5818.5221.9641.22Price / Sales1.403.422.5917.58Price / Cash10.3414.6821.1421.28Price / Book5.025.985.855.32Net Income$725.50M$471.65M$572.90M$989.67M7 Day Performance-21.67%-6.58%-1.80%-3.45%1 Month Performance-19.17%-8.23%-3.00%-3.73%1 Year Performance-40.28%11.15%2.85%12.06% Lamb Weston Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LWLamb Weston4.9183 of 5 stars$62.09-0.7%$81.42+31.1%-40.0%$8.91B$6.33B14.5810,700Earnings ReportDividend IncreaseAnalyst ForecastOptions VolumeNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeKHCKraft Heinz4.3385 of 5 stars$31.17-1.6%$36.55+17.2%-14.6%$37.69B$26.64B28.5536,000BRBRBellRing Brands3.1735 of 5 stars$77.60-0.5%$75.60-2.6%+37.9%$9.99B$2.00B41.71380FRPTFreshpet3.8572 of 5 stars$147.60+0.5%$157.80+6.9%+71.6%$7.16B$766.90M165.051,083Positive NewsBRFSBRF3.6983 of 5 stars$4.68+1.3%$10.70+128.6%+52.9%$5.07B$9.53B10.7496,667NOMDNomad Foods4.1544 of 5 stars$17.51-1.4%$24.00+37.1%+2.2%$2.85B$3.07B13.357,894Analyst ForecastUTZUtz Brands3.7506 of 5 stars$17.52-0.9%$21.22+21.1%+4.1%$2.47B$1.42B-93.373,654KLGWK Kellogg1.1036 of 5 stars$20.75-0.1%$19.71-5.0%+44.4%$1.79B$2.72B26.643,150News CoverageVITLVital Farms3.1749 of 5 stars$38.48+2.4%$39.20+1.9%+169.1%$1.69B$471.86M33.54290Analyst ForecastPositive NewsOTLYOatly Group2.1862 of 5 stars$0.68-1.3%$1.27+86.2%-48.7%$404.70M$783.35M0.001,548MAMAMama's Creations3.2921 of 5 stars$9.41-0.6%$10.00+6.3%+71.3%$353.60M$113.59M72.85N/AEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst Revision Related Companies and Tools Related Companies KHC Alternatives BRBR Alternatives FRPT Alternatives BRFS Alternatives NOMD Alternatives UTZ Alternatives KLG Alternatives VITL Alternatives OTLY Alternatives MAMA Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:LW) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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