BellRing Brands (NYSE: BRBR) is one of 24 publicly-traded companies in the “Food & kindred products” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare BellRing Brands to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for BellRing Brands and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BellRing Brands | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2.90 |
| BellRing Brands Competitors | 346 | 1180 | 1195 | 33 | 2.33 |
BellRing Brands currently has a consensus price target of $30.25, indicating a potential upside of 6.03%. As a group, “Food & kindred products” companies have a potential upside of 2.58%. Given BellRing Brands’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe BellRing Brands is more favorable than its competitors.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares BellRing Brands and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BellRing Brands | $988.30 million | $23.50 million | 46.77 |
| BellRing Brands Competitors | $9.53 billion | $1.14 billion | 10.54 |
BellRing Brands’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than BellRing Brands. BellRing Brands is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Profitability
This table compares BellRing Brands and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BellRing Brands | 2.06% | -1.22% | 4.30% |
| BellRing Brands Competitors | 4.60% | 11.43% | 4.63% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
99.0% of BellRing Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.6% of shares of all “Food & kindred products” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of BellRing Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of shares of all “Food & kindred products” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility and Risk
BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BellRing Brands’ competitors have a beta of 0.91, indicating that their average stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BellRing Brands competitors beat BellRing Brands on 8 of the 13 factors compared.
BellRing Brands Company Profile
BellRing Brands, Inc. manufactures and sells nutrition products in the United States and internationally. It offers ready-to-drink (RTD) protein shakes, other RTD beverages, powders, and nutrition bars and supplements. The company provides its products primarily under the Premier Protein, Premier Nutrition, Dymatize, PowerBar, Bell Ring, Joint Juice, and Supreme Protein brands. It sells its products through a network of channels, including club, food, drug, mass, convenience, specialty, and eCommerce; and through a broker network for customers in the convenience, grocery, and mass channels, and through distributors for the specialty channel. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri. BellRing Brands, Inc. is a subsidiary of Post Holdings, Inc.