Lamb Weston (LW) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer LW or BRBR?

In the previous week, BellRing Brands had 8 more articles in the media than Lamb Weston. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for BellRing Brands and 9 mentions for Lamb Weston. BellRing Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Lamb Weston's score of 0.75 indicating that BellRing Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lamb Weston	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BellRing Brands	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Lamb Weston 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, LW or BRBR?

Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, LW or BRBR?

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
Lamb Weston	$6.47B	1.23	$725.50M	$2.53	22.04
BellRing Brands	$2.00B	4.69	$246.50M	$2.13	34.27

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LW or BRBR?

Lamb Weston received 211 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.69% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 63.55% of users gave Lamb Weston an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lamb Weston	Outperform Votes 347 63.55%	Underperform Votes 199 36.45%
BellRing Brands	Outperform Votes 136 68.69%	Underperform Votes 62 31.31%

Do analysts rate LW or BRBR?

Lamb Weston currently has a consensus price target of $81.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.28%. BellRing Brands has a consensus price target of $77.87, suggesting a potential upside of 6.69%. Given Lamb Weston's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lamb Weston is more favorable than BellRing Brands.

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)	2.38
BellRing Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is LW or BRBR 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
Lamb Weston	5.80%	27.82%	6.60%
BellRing Brands	13.32%	-130.14%	33.35%

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Lamb Weston on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.