KHC vs. LW, BRBR, FRPT, LANC, BRFS, NOMD, UTZ, THS, KLG, and VITL
Should you be buying Kraft Heinz stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kraft Heinz include Lamb Weston (LW), BellRing Brands (BRBR), Freshpet (FRPT), Lancaster Colony (LANC), BRF (BRFS), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Utz Brands (UTZ), TreeHouse Foods (THS), WK Kellogg (KLG), and Vital Farms (VITL).
Kraft Heinz vs.
Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) and Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
Kraft Heinz received 292 more outperform votes than Lamb Weston when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.09% of users gave Kraft Heinz an outperform vote while only 64.39% of users gave Lamb Weston an outperform vote.
Company Underperform Outperform Lamb Weston Outperform Votes 340
64.39%
Underperform Votes 188
35.61%
Kraft Heinz Outperform Votes 632
65.09%
Underperform Votes 339
34.91%
Kraft Heinz has higher revenue and earnings than Lamb Weston. Lamb Weston is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kraft Heinz, 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 $6.47B 1.43 $725.50M $7.49 8.57 Kraft Heinz $26.64B 1.62 $2.86B $2.29 15.54 Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kraft Heinz has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of Kraft Heinz shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Kraft Heinz shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lamb Weston has a net margin of 11.22% compared to Kraft Heinz's net margin of 7.30%. Lamb Weston's return on equity of 44.06% beat Kraft Heinz's return on equity.
Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Lamb Weston 11.22% 44.06% 10.50% Kraft Heinz 7.30% 7.38% 4.06% Lamb Weston currently has a consensus price target of $87.70, indicating a potential upside of 36.67%. Kraft Heinz has a consensus price target of $37.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.37%. Given Lamb Weston's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Lamb Weston is more favorable than Kraft Heinz.
Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Lamb Weston 0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73 Kraft Heinz 1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42 In the previous week, Kraft Heinz had 16 more articles in the media than Lamb Weston. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Kraft Heinz and 5 mentions for Lamb Weston. Kraft Heinz's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Lamb Weston's score of 0.49 indicating that Kraft Heinz is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Lamb Weston 3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral Kraft Heinz 11 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive Lamb Weston pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Kraft Heinz pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Lamb Weston pays out 19.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kraft Heinz pays out 69.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Lamb Weston has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.
Summary
Lamb Weston beats Kraft Heinz on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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KHC vs. The Competition
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| Metric | Kraft Heinz | Canned, frozen, & preserved fruits, vegetables, & food special Industry | Staples Sector | NASDAQ Exchange |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $43.03B | $7.47B | $14.85B | $8.22B |
| Dividend Yield | 4.55% | 2.87% | 2.65% | 4.10% |
| P/E Ratio | 15.54 | 29.11 | 19.84 | 18.37 |
| Price / Sales | 1.62 | 5.37 | 103.76 | 74.12 |
| Price / Cash | 9.32 | 13.26 | 21.18 | 31.76 |
| Price / Book | 0.88 | 7.98 | 5.92 | 4.76 |
| Net Income | $2.86B | $471.65M | $546.40M | $221.60M |
| 7 Day Performance | -1.28% | 4.83% | 2.79% | 5.83% |
| 1 Month Performance | 2.80% | 6.23% | 5.04% | 10.99% |
| 1 Year Performance | 6.40% | 22.27% | 2.14% | 13.61% |
Kraft Heinz Competitors List
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| Company | MarketRank | Share Price | Analysts' Price Target | 1Y Price Performance | Market Cap | Revenue | P/E Ratio | Employee Count | Indicator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LWLamb Weston | 4.9671 of 5 stars4.97 / 5 stars | $62.57 -0.2% | $87.70 +40.2% | -35.6% | $8.99B | $6.47B | 8.35 | 10,700 | |
| BRBRBellRing Brands | 2.2897 of 5 stars2.29 / 5 stars | $58.01 +1.3% | $62.64 +8.0% | +43.6% | $7.57B | $1.91B | 40.28 | 380 | Short Interest ↓ Positive News |
| FRPTFreshpet | 2.9192 of 5 stars2.92 / 5 stars | $137.62 +1.8% | $142.87 +3.8% | +93.6% | $6.67B | $766.90M | 764.60 | 1,083 | Positive News |
| LANCLancaster Colony | 4.4964 of 5 stars4.50 / 5 stars | $174.80 -1.1% | $195.75 +12.0% | +4.1% | $4.81B | $1.87B | 36.27 | 3,400 | Short Interest ↓ News Coverage |
| BRFSBRF | 3.4022 of 5 stars3.40 / 5 stars | $4.31 -1.8% | $10.70 +148.5% | +135.4% | $4.66B | $56.54B | 86.10 | 96,667 | Short Interest ↓ Positive News Gap Up |
| NOMDNomad Foods | 3.6593 of 5 stars3.66 / 5 stars | $19.02 -0.2% | $24.33 +27.9% | +23.7% | $3.10B | $3.29B | 15.85 | 7,894 | Positive News |
| UTZUtz Brands | 2.8985 of 5 stars2.90 / 5 stars | $17.29 -2.4% | $20.17 +16.6% | +23.9% | $2.43B | $1.43B | -69.16 | 3,654 | |
| THSTreeHouse Foods | 3.5082 of 5 stars3.51 / 5 stars | $40.88 -1.2% | $40.00 -2.2% | -10.3% | $2.15B | $3.43B | 88.87 | 7,400 | Positive News |
| KLGWK Kellogg | 0.4778 of 5 stars0.48 / 5 stars | $18.35 +1.6% | $17.40 -5.2% | N/A | $1.55B | $2.72B | 12.89 | 3,150 | |
| VITLVital Farms | 3.584 of 5 stars3.58 / 5 stars | $31.35 +0.8% | $34.60 +10.4% | +189.7% | $1.35B | $471.86M | 36.88 | 290 | Positive News |
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