BellRing Brands, Inc. (BRBR)Consumer Defensive | Packaged Foods | Saint Louis, United States | NYSE
16.42 USD
-0.06
(-0.364%) ⇩
(April 21, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:07 a.m. EDT
Despite a 'Buy' analyst consensus and a bullish events-driven narrative ('Easy Protein'), the quantitative forecasters signal a high-probability ~10% price drop over the next month, supported significantly by options buyers setting downside limits at $12.5-$15.0. The stock is technically oversold (-48% from 200-day avg) and battered by analyst downgrade pressure, making it a 'skip' for now despite attractive forward P/E metrics. The fundamental deterioration (-43% earnings growth) and lack of dividend support a 'value trap' long-term rating until the balance sheet clears its debt load. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.272756 |
| AutoTheta | 0.378476 |
| AutoETS | 0.389989 |
| MSTL | 0.412794 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 39% |
| H-stat | 1.51 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.000 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 3.58 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Revenue per Share | 18.643 |
| Market Cap | 1,944,545,152 |
| Trailing P/E | 11.32 |
| Forward P/E | 7.62 |
| Beta | 0.81 |
| Profit Margins | 7.89% |
| Website | https://bellring.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:07 a.m. EDT: Options speculators are positioned defensively for a significant decline. Puts show consistent heavy Open Interest (OI) at downside strikes of 12.5 and 15.0 across multiple expirations (April, May, June, August), representing a strong 'floor' net-put positioning. In contrast, Call OI is heavily skewed toward very far-dated out-of-the-money strikes (e.g., 40-55 strikes by 2027), indicating speculative long positioning rather than conviction in the near-term. Notably, the implied volatility surface shows higher IV for short-dated calls (April expiration ~2.67) compared to puts (~1.07), but the low total call volume relative to put volume suggests a bearish bias. However, the 2026-04-17 expiration shows a VWAP imbalance of 18:1 (Call:Put volume), suggesting some short-term dollar bullishness, but this is outweighed by the structural bearish gamma at lower strikes before that date.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.7812873 |
| Address1 | 1 N. Brentwood Blvd. |
| Address2 | Suite 1550 |
| All Time High | 80.67 |
| All Time Low | 13.56 |
| Ask | 16.43 |
| Ask Size | 400 |
| Audit Risk | 5 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.8 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 3,033,170 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 3,856,888 |
| Average Volume | 3,856,888 |
| Average Volume10Days | 3,033,170 |
| Beta | 0.807 |
| Bid | 16.4 |
| Bid Size | 100 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | -4.355 |
| City | Saint Louis |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 16.42 |
| Current Ratio | 2.234 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 17.18 |
| Day Low | 16.41 |
| Display Name | BellRing Brands |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,984,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,984,200 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.39 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.432 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,777,984,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,777,984,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,777,984,200 |
| Ebitda | 339,500,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.14626999 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 9.093 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.33 |
| Enterprise Value | 3,087,101,696 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.91273 |
| Eps Forward | 2.15607 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.45 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 17.0648 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.6448002 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.037785392 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -78.12873 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 79.57 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -63.15 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.79364085 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 14.185 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.2349997 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.15756078 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 14.185 - 79.57 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,571,405,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 108,372,284 |
| Forward Eps | 2.15607 |
| Forward P E | 7.6157084 |
| Free Cashflow | 222,624,992 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 530 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.31520998 |
| Gross Profits | 731,600,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.01382 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.09198 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 118,425,407 |
| Industry | Packaged Foods |
| Industry Disp | Packaged Foods |
| Industry Key | packaged-foods |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,759,190,400 |
| Long Business Summary | 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, protein powders, nutrition bars, and other products primarily under the Premier Protein and Dymatize brands. It distributes its products through club stores, food, drug and mass retailers, e-commerce, online and specialty retailers, and convenience stores channels. BellRing Brands, Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Long Name | BellRing Brands, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,944,545,152 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_632289716 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 183,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,790,726,400 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,932,601,739 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 14 |
| Open | 16.48 |
| Operating Cashflow | 254,500,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.1461 |
| Overall Risk | 4 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 314-644-7652 |
| Previous Close | 16.48 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 8.584589 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | -3.7703788 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.8378049 |
| Profit Margins | 0.07885 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.881 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.8125 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.059999466 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.36407444 |
| Regular Market Day High | 17.18 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 16.41 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 16.41 - 17.18 |
| Regular Market Open | 16.48 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 16.48 |
| Regular Market Price | 16.42 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,799,084 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,343,407 |
| Return On Assets | 0.20599002 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.008 |
| Revenue Per Share | 18.643 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 7 |
| Shares Outstanding | 117,269,523 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.075100005 |
| Shares Short | 8,810,425 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 7,222,775 |
| Short Name | BellRing Brands, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.086 |
| Short Ratio | 2.32 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | MO |
| Symbol | BRBR |
| Target High Price | 35.0 |
| Target Low Price | 19.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 28.42857 |
| Target Median Price | 30.0 |
| Total Cash | 64,100,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.547 |
| Total Debt | 1,218,599,936 |
| Total Revenue | 2,320,999,936 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.45 |
| Trailing P E | 11.324138 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 31.009 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -14.589001 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.47047633 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,343,407 |
| Website | https://bellring.com |
| Zip | 63,105 |