BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR) & Mama’s Creations (NASDAQ:MAMA) Head-To-Head Survey

BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR) and Mama’s Creations (NASDAQ:MAMA) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Volatility and Risk

BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mama’s Creations has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares BellRing Brands and Mama’s Creations’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BellRing Brands	6.78%	-44.06%	19.42%
Mama’s Creations	3.21%	14.69%	8.91%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.2% of Mama’s Creations shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of BellRing Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Mama’s Creations shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BellRing Brands and Mama’s Creations”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BellRing Brands	$2.32 billion	0.47	$216.20 million	$1.29	7.31
Mama’s Creations	$171.71 million	4.21	$5.29 million	$0.14	126.93

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for BellRing Brands and Mama’s Creations, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BellRing Brands	2	8	9	0	2.37
Mama’s Creations	0	2	4	0	2.67

BellRing Brands presently has a consensus target price of $22.47, indicating a potential upside of 138.12%. Mama’s Creations has a consensus target price of $18.80, indicating a potential upside of 5.80%. Given BellRing Brands’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BellRing Brands is more favorable than Mama’s Creations.

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Mama’s Creations on 9 of the 14 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 Mama’s Creations

Mama’s Creations, Inc. engages in the marketing, manufacturing, and distribution of beef meatballs with sauce, turkey meatballs with sauce, beef meat loaf, sausage and peppers, chicken parmesan, and other similar meats and sauces. Its products include beef meatballs, turkey meatballs, stuffed meatballs, lasagna roll ups, retail ready meals, bulk deli, single-size pasta bowls, and packaged refrigerated products. Its brands include MamaMancini’s, Creative Salads, and The Olive Branch. The company was founded by Daniel Dougherty on July 22, 2009 and is headquartered in East Rutherford, NJ.