Nomad Foods (NOMD) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BRBR or NOMD?

Nomad Foods received 134 more outperform votes than BellRing Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.84% of users gave BellRing Brands an outperform vote while only 62.73% of users gave Nomad Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BellRing Brands	Outperform Votes 137 68.84%	Underperform Votes 62 31.16%
Nomad Foods	Outperform Votes 271 62.73%	Underperform Votes 161 37.27%

Is BRBR or NOMD more profitable?

BellRing Brands has a net margin of 13.32% 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
BellRing Brands	13.32%	-130.14%	33.35%
Nomad Foods	6.54%	10.38%	4.25%

Do analysts recommend BRBR or NOMD?

BellRing Brands currently has a consensus target price of $79.13, indicating a potential upside of 5.40%. Nomad Foods has a consensus target price of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.71%. Given Nomad Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nomad Foods is more favorable than BellRing Brands.

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

Does the media refer more to BRBR or NOMD?

In the previous week, BellRing Brands had 15 more articles in the media than Nomad Foods. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for BellRing Brands and 7 mentions for Nomad Foods. Nomad Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat BellRing Brands' score of 1.23 indicating that Nomad Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
Nomad Foods	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, BRBR or NOMD?

BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nomad Foods has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of Nomad Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of BellRing Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of Nomad Foods shares are held by 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 better earnings & valuation, BRBR or NOMD?

BellRing Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
BellRing Brands	$2.10B	4.59	$246.50M	$2.13	35.25
Nomad Foods	$3.10B	0.96	$208.56M	$1.51	12.85

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Nomad Foods on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.