BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR) and Bridgford Foods (NASDAQ:BRID) Critical Survey

Bridgford Foods (NASDAQ:BRID) and BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Bridgford Foods and BellRing Brands’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridgford Foods	-3.19%	-5.81%	-4.72%
BellRing Brands	9.33%	-95.87%	29.63%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Bridgford Foods and BellRing Brands, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bridgford Foods	1	0	0	0	1.00
BellRing Brands	1	6	11	0	2.56

BellRing Brands has a consensus target price of $42.53, indicating a potential upside of 39.27%. Given BellRing Brands’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BellRing Brands is more favorable than Bridgford Foods.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Bridgford Foods and BellRing Brands”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bridgford Foods	$223.65 million	0.32	-$3.38 million	($0.80)	-9.89
BellRing Brands	$2.32 billion	1.58	$216.20 million	$1.68	18.18

BellRing Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Bridgford Foods. Bridgford 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.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

4.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 80.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of BellRing Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Bridgford Foods has a beta of -0.25, meaning that its stock price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Bridgford Foods on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bridgford Foods

Bridgford Foods Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and distributes frozen and snack food products in the United States. It operates in two segments, Frozen Food Products and Snack Food Products. The company offers biscuits, bread dough items, roll dough items, and dry sausage and beef jerky products, as well as ready to eat sandwiches and non-refrigerated snack food products. It provides frozen food products to food service and retail customers through wholesalers, cooperatives, and distributors; and snack food items to supermarkets, mass merchandise, and convenience retail stores through customer-owned distribution centers, as well as a direct store delivery network. The company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Bridgford Foods Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Bridgford Industries Incorporated.

About BellRing Brands

BellRing Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various nutrition products in the United States. The company offers ready-to-drink (RTD) protein shakes, other RTD beverages, powders, nutrition bars, and other products primarily under the Premier Protein and Dymatize brands. It distributes its products through club, food, drug, mass, eCommerce, specialty, and convenience channels. BellRing Brands, Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.