Head to Head Contrast: BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR) & Oxus Acquisition (NASDAQ:OXUS)

BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR) and Oxus Acquisition (NASDAQ:OXUS) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.3% of Oxus Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of BellRing Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 65.7% of Oxus Acquisition shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxus Acquisition has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BellRing Brands	9.52%	-56.67%	26.13%
Oxus Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-1.68%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for BellRing Brands and Oxus Acquisition, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BellRing Brands	0	3	9	0	2.75
Oxus Acquisition	0	0	0	0	N/A

BellRing Brands currently has a consensus price target of $58.92, suggesting a potential upside of 6.79%. Given BellRing Brands’ higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BellRing Brands is more favorable than Oxus Acquisition.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BellRing Brands and Oxus Acquisition’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BellRing Brands	$1.67 billion	4.34	$165.50 million	$1.24	44.49
Oxus Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-$300,000.00	($0.21)	-19.05

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

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Oxus Acquisition on 10 of the 12 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 Oxus Acquisition

Oxus Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, capital share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company intends to focus its search on targets in the energy transition technologies, such as battery materials, energy storage, electric vehicle infrastructure, and advanced recycling in emerging/frontier countries, including the Commonwealth of Independent States, South and South-East Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa regions. Oxus Acquisition Corp. was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Almaty, Kazakhstan.