Contrasting BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR) & Premium Brands (OTCMKTS:PRBZF)

BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR) and Premium Brands (OTCMKTS:PRBZF) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BellRing Brands and Premium Brands’ gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BellRing Brands	$1.84 billion	4.13	$165.50 million	$1.44	40.52
Premium Brands	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.51	130.39

BellRing Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Premium Brands. BellRing Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Premium Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BellRing Brands	10.39%	-70.95%	29.97%
Premium Brands	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for BellRing Brands and Premium Brands, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BellRing Brands	0	3	10	0	2.77
Premium Brands	0	3	2	0	2.40

BellRing Brands presently has a consensus price target of $62.23, suggesting a potential upside of 6.65%. Premium Brands has a consensus price target of $116.80, suggesting a potential upside of 76.70%. Given Premium Brands’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Premium Brands is more favorable than BellRing Brands.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.5% of Premium Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of BellRing Brands shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Premium Brands on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Premium Brands

Premium Brands Holdings Corporation, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes food products primarily in Canada and the United States. It operates in two segments, Specialty Foods and Premium Food Distribution. The company provides processed meat, deli products, meat snacks, beef jerky and halal, sandwiches, pastries, specialty and gourmet products, entrees, panini, wraps, subs, hamburgers, burgers, salads and kettle products, muffins, breads, pastas, pizza, and baking and sushi products. It is also involved in the distribution of food products, including meat and seafood products; operation of retail/convenience store and concessionary; and provision of seafood processing services. The company operates under the brand names Harvest Meats, Hempler's, Piller's, Grimm's Fine Foods, Freybe, Isernio's, Expresco, SJ Fine Foods, McSweeney's, Made Rite, Direct Plus, Oberto, Belmont Meats, Conte Foods, SK Food Group, Hygaard, Quality Fast Foods, HQ Fine Foods, Creekside Custom Foods, Stuyver's, Bread Garden Express, and Duso's, as well as Gourmet Chef, Island City Baking, Skilcor, Leadbetter's, Concord Meats, Mclean Meats, Buddy's Kitchen, Raybern's, Leonetti's, Partner's Crackers, Shaw Crackers, Country Prime Meats, Lou's Kitchen, Yorkshire Valley Farms, Golden Valley Farms, Maid-Rite, King's Command Foods, etc. The company was founded in 1917 and is based in Richmond, Canada.