Lamb Weston (LW) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LW or BRBR?

Lamb Weston received 212 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.84% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 63.34% of users gave Lamb Weston an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lamb Weston	Outperform Votes 349 63.34%	Underperform Votes 202 36.66%
BellRing Brands	Outperform Votes 137 68.84%	Underperform Votes 62 31.16%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LW or BRBR?

89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Which has more risk and volatility, LW or BRBR?

Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer LW or BRBR?

In the previous week, BellRing Brands had 4 more articles in the media than Lamb Weston. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for BellRing Brands and 18 mentions for Lamb Weston. BellRing Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Lamb Weston's score of 1.17 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	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BellRing Brands	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & 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	$6.39B	1.23	$725.50M	$2.55	21.91
BellRing Brands	$2.10B	4.55	$246.50M	$2.13	34.98

Do analysts recommend LW or BRBR?

Lamb Weston presently has a consensus target price of $71.27, suggesting a potential upside of 27.55%. BellRing Brands has a consensus target price of $79.13, suggesting a potential upside of 6.22%. Given Lamb Weston's higher possible 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
BellRing Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

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