LW vs. BRBR, FRPT, BRFS, NOMD, UTZ, VITL, KLG, OTLY, AFRI, and MAMA
Should you be buying Lamb Weston stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lamb Weston include BellRing Brands (BRBR), Freshpet (FRPT), BRF (BRFS), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Utz Brands (UTZ), Vital Farms (VITL), WK Kellogg (KLG), Oatly Group (OTLY), Forafric Global (AFRI), and Mama's Creations (MAMA). These companies are all part of the "food products" industry.
Lamb Weston vs.
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 dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
BellRing Brands presently has a consensus target price of $76.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.94%. Lamb Weston has a consensus target price of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.69%. Given Lamb Weston's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lamb Weston is more favorable than BellRing Brands.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BellRing Brands has a net margin of 12.35% 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.
In the previous week, BellRing Brands and BellRing Brands both had 8 articles in the media. BellRing Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Lamb Weston's score of 1.07 indicating that BellRing Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Lamb Weston received 214 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.56% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 63.55% of users gave Lamb Weston an outperform vote.
BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BellRing Brands beats Lamb Weston on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LW) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
