Reviewing Oxus Acquisition (NASDAQ:OXUS) and BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR)

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BellRing Brands	$1.67 billion	4.51	$165.50 million	$1.24	46.31
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.

Risk and Volatility

BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxus Acquisition has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 65.7% of Oxus Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for BellRing Brands and Oxus Acquisition, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	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 target price of $58.92, suggesting a potential upside of 2.61%. Given BellRing Brands’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BellRing Brands is more favorable than Oxus Acquisition.

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%

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.