Nomad Foods (NOMD) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NOMD or BRBR?

Nomad Foods received 135 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.56% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 62.47% of users gave Nomad Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nomad Foods	Outperform Votes 268 62.47%	Underperform Votes 161 37.53%
BellRing Brands	Outperform Votes 133 68.56%	Underperform Votes 61 31.44%

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 prefer NOMD or BRBR?

Nomad Foods presently has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.45%. BellRing Brands has a consensus price target of $76.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.94%. Given Nomad Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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

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

75.3% of Nomad Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer NOMD or BRBR?

In the previous week, Nomad Foods had 2 more articles in the media than BellRing Brands. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Nomad Foods and 8 mentions for BellRing Brands. BellRing Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Nomad Foods' score of 0.10 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)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BellRing Brands	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, NOMD or BRBR?

Nomad Foods has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	$3.29B	0.84	$208.56M	$1.33	12.78
BellRing Brands	$2.00B	4.67	$246.50M	$1.87	38.70

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Nomad Foods on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.