Nomad Foods (NOMD) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NOMD or BRBR?

BellRing Brands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nomad Foods. Nomad Foods 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
Nomad Foods	$3.07B	0.89	$208.56M	$1.33	12.65
BellRing Brands	$2.00B	4.91	$246.50M	$1.87	40.70

Which has more volatility and risk, NOMD or BRBR?

Nomad Foods has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NOMD or BRBR more profitable?

BellRing Brands has a net margin of 12.35% compared to Nomad Foods' net margin of 6.54%. Nomad Foods' return on equity of 10.38% beat BellRing Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nomad Foods	6.54%	10.38%	4.25%
BellRing Brands	12.35%	-103.89%	32.74%

Do analysts rate NOMD or BRBR?

Nomad Foods presently has a consensus target price of $22.67, suggesting a potential upside of 34.76%. BellRing Brands has a consensus target price of $75.60, suggesting a potential downside of 0.66%. Given Nomad Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Nomad Foods is more favorable than BellRing Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nomad Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
BellRing Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the media favor NOMD or BRBR?

In the previous week, Nomad Foods and Nomad Foods both had 4 articles in the media. BellRing Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Nomad Foods' score of -0.06 indicating that BellRing Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nomad Foods	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BellRing Brands	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NOMD or BRBR?

75.3% of Nomad Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 17.3% of Nomad Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of BellRing Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NOMD or BRBR?

Nomad Foods received 135 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.39% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 62.38% of users gave Nomad Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nomad Foods	Outperform Votes 267 62.38%	Underperform Votes 161 37.62%
BellRing Brands	Outperform Votes 132 68.39%	Underperform Votes 61 31.61%

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Nomad Foods on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.