KHC vs. LW, LANC, THS, BRFH, FTFT, PLAG, PM, UL, BUD, and MDLZ
Should you be buying Kraft Heinz stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kraft Heinz include Lamb Weston (LW), Lancaster Colony (LANC), TreeHouse Foods (THS), Barfresh Food Group (BRFH), Future FinTech Group (FTFT), Planet Green (PLAG), Philip Morris International (PM), Unilever (UL), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), and Mondelez International (MDLZ).
Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) and Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
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.
Lamb Weston presently has a consensus target price of $117.40, suggesting a potential upside of 32.97%. Kraft Heinz has a consensus target price of $40.08, suggesting a potential upside of 13.33%. Given Kraft Heinz's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lamb Weston is more favorable than Kraft Heinz.
Lamb Weston pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. 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 raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.
Lamb Weston has a net margin of 16.71% compared to Lamb Weston's net margin of 10.62%. Kraft Heinz's return on equity of 50.74% beat Lamb Weston's return on equity.
Kraft Heinz received 293 more outperform votes than Lamb Weston when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.31% of users gave Kraft Heinz an outperform vote while only 64.35% of users gave Lamb Weston an outperform vote.
Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kraft Heinz has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Kraft Heinz had 1 more articles in the media than Lamb Weston. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Kraft Heinz and 7 mentions for Lamb Weston. Kraft Heinz's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Lamb Weston's score of 0.77 indicating that Lamb Weston is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Lamb Weston beats Kraft Heinz on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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