Conagra Brands (CAG) vs Lamb Weston (LW)

Conagra Brands and Lamb Weston are both Packaged Foods companies. Conagra Brands is the larger, with a market value of $7.0B against $6.2B — 1.1× the size. Conagra Brands has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Lamb Weston trades at 20.8×. Lamb Weston grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.50% against −2.85%. Lamb Weston has the higher net margin (4.39% vs −17.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.51% vs −7.61%). Both pay a dividend; Conagra Brands yields more (4.94% vs 1.25%). Across the 21 metrics below, Conagra Brands leads on 11 and Lamb Weston on 10.