Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods
BellRing Brands, Inc. BRBR
$7.43 +0.41% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $863.9M
Weak trendInexpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 17, 2026
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Three things to know
- Over the past year the stock returned -79.5%, behind the S&P 500 by 94.6 percentage points.
- The diluted share count fell 10.1% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- At 5.2× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 37%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 36%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 12%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 8%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 36%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 2%
- Gross marginBottom 40%
- Operating marginTop 25%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 32%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 50%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 30%
- Interest coverBottom 41%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 1%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 5%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 6%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 35%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 5%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 3%
- 6-month returnBottom 1%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 2%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 3%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 13%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 15%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 27%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 13%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 21%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 4%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 45%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 30%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 6.4% | 5.9% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -40.0% | -18.9% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 35.4% | 28.6% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 16.5% | 13.3% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 5.7% | 9.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 5.9% | 6.4% | ↓ | Top 37% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -18.9% | -40.0% | ↑ | Bottom 36% |
| Gross margin | 28.6% | 35.4% | ↓ | Bottom 40% |
| Operating margin | 13.3% | 16.5% | ↓ | Top 25% |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 10.3% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.6% | 5.7% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 32.5% | — | Top 2% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 19.1% | — | Top 8% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.37×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -17.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.27×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 39.84%
- Shareholder yield
- 39.84%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -10.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -4.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -15.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -6.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $13.20
- Target vs current price
- +77.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 21
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 67%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | -18.7% | -1.5% | -12.1% | -16.8% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | -54.8% | -38.7% | -45.9% | -47.9% | -24.3% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | +19.4% | -14.4% | -23.0% | -27.3% | -28.1% |
| Nov 18, 2025 | -6.6% | +2.5% | +20.0% | +20.7% | -30.2% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | +12.2% | -0.9% | -27.9% | -24.1% | -41.1% |
| May 5, 2025 | +0.0% | -0.6% | -23.0% | -20.2% | -30.5% |
| Feb 3, 2025 | +23.4% | +1.2% | -1.0% | -7.5% | -0.8% |
| Nov 18, 2024 | +1.4% | +1.8% | +9.0% | +8.1% | +6.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.37 | -18.7% | $570.4M |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.14 | $0.31 | -54.8% | $598.7M |
| Feb 3, 2026 | $0.37 | $0.31 | +19.4% | $537.3M |
| Nov 18, 2025 | $0.51 | $0.55 | -6.6% | $648.2M |
| Aug 4, 2025 | $0.55 | $0.49 | +12.2% | $547.5M |
| May 5, 2025 | $0.53 | $0.53 | +0.0% | $588.0M |
| Feb 3, 2025 | $0.58 | $0.47 | +23.4% | $532.9M |
| Nov 18, 2024 | $0.51 | $0.50 | +1.4% | $555.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 5.2× | 32.0× | 0th | Top 1% |
| P/E (forward) | 7.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.9× | — | — | Top 6% |
| EV / Sales | 0.83× | — | — | Top 35% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 26.04% | — | — | Top 5% |
| Earnings yield | 19.11% | — | — | Top 1% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 8.3× – 45.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -79.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -18.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -56.6%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -13.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -12.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -28.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -50.9%
- RSI (14)
- 22.9
- Relative volume
- 1.30×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 50.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 68th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.36
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.09
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -79.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -90.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2025 | Oct 1, 2026 | -90.7% | 419 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 8, 2021 | Sep 29, 2022 | -40.0% | 267 days | 126 days (Mar 31, 2023) |
| Mar 7, 2024 | Jul 24, 2024 | -20.3% | 95 days | 48 days (Oct 1, 2024) |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -19.6% | 11 days | 25 days (Dec 7, 2020) |
| Jul 30, 2021 | Aug 9, 2021 | -14.8% | 6 days | 16 days (Aug 31, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $863.9M
- P/E (TTM)
- 5.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.42
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.35B
- 52-week range
- $7.33 – $36.17
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.25B | $1.37B | $1.67B | $2.00B | $2.32B |
| Gross profit | $386.2M | $421.8M | $530.2M | $707.3M | $770.4M |
| Operating income | $168.0M | $212.4M | $287.3M | $387.7M | $357.4M |
| Net income | $27.6M | $82.3M | $165.5M | $246.5M | $216.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.90 | $1.24 | $1.23 | $1.86 | $1.68 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $555.8M | $532.9M | $588.0M | $547.5M | $648.2M | $537.3M | $598.7M | $570.4M |
| Net income | $71.7M | $76.9M | $58.7M | $21.0M | $59.6M | $43.7M | $33.9M | $34.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.55 | $0.59 | $0.45 | $0.16 | $0.48 | $0.36 | $0.29 | $0.29 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $226.1M | $21.0M | $215.6M | $199.6M | $260.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.6M | -$1.8M | -$1.8M | -$1.8M | -$4.7M |
| Free cash flow | $224.5M | $19.2M | $213.8M | $197.8M | $255.9M |
| Dividends paid | -$24.6M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$42.8M | -$125.5M | -$146.6M | -$474.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $50.4M
- Total assets
- $1.05B
- Total liabilities
- $1.52B
- Total debt
- $1.14B
- Net debt
- $1.08B
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$467.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 12,956,703
- Days to cover
- 4.44
- Change vs previous report
- +11.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.