BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR) Shares Down 7.4% – What’s Next?

BellRing Brands Inc. (NYSE:BRBR)’s stock price traded down 7.4% on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $22.20 and last traded at $22.5950. 439,995 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 89% from the average session volume of 4,023,892 shares. The stock had previously closed at $24.39.

Key Headlines Impacting BellRing Brands

Here are the key news stories impacting BellRing Brands this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 results beat consensus on both EPS and revenue, which supports the company’s near‑term operating profile. BellRing Brands Inc (BRBR) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Highlights
• Positive Sentiment: DA Davidson reaffirmed a “buy” rating with a $32 price target, signaling some analyst confidence in longer‑term upside. DA Davidson reaffirms buy on BRBR
• Neutral Sentiment: Stifel lowered its price target from $50 to $34 (maintaining a buy rating), a downgrade that trims upside expectations and likely adds selling pressure. Stifel cuts PT on BellRing Brands (BRBR) to $34 from $50
• Negative Sentiment: CEO departure announced this week increases near‑term uncertainty about execution and leadership, a common trigger for investor selloffs. BellRing Brands CEO to step down
• Negative Sentiment: Numerous law firms have filed or issued investor notices for a securities‑fraud class action (alleging misstatements about drivers of 2025 sales and claiming large market value loss), with a March 23, 2026 lead‑plaintiff deadline — this legal overhang is a major near‑term risk. Hagens Berman scrutinizing BellRing over alleged artificial growth

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

BRBR has been the topic of several recent research reports. Zacks Research lowered shares of BellRing Brands from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Mizuho decreased their price objective on BellRing Brands from $45.00 to $40.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, November 24th. Weiss Ratings lowered BellRing Brands from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Monday. Evercore ISI reduced their price target on BellRing Brands from $40.00 to $35.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, November 19th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating and issued a $31.00 price target on shares of BellRing Brands in a report on Monday, January 26th. Twelve equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $38.88.

BellRing Brands Trading Down 7.6%

The company has a market cap of $2.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.45, a PEG ratio of 4.77 and a beta of 0.64. The business has a fifty day moving average of $27.52 and a two-hundred day moving average of $33.90.

BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $537.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $505.44 million. BellRing Brands had a negative return on equity of 64.79% and a net margin of 7.88%.BellRing Brands’s quarterly revenue was up .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.58 earnings per share. On average, research analysts forecast that BellRing Brands Inc. will post 2.23 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at BellRing Brands

In other BellRing Brands news, insider Douglas J. Cornille sold 3,970 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.93, for a total transaction of $122,792.10. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 54,812 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,695,335.16. This trade represents a 6.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 1.50% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Capital Research Global Investors acquired a new position in BellRing Brands during the third quarter worth $172,312,000. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. purchased a new position in shares of BellRing Brands during the 3rd quarter worth $98,944,000. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of BellRing Brands by 253.9% during the 3rd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 3,748,812 shares of the company’s stock valued at $136,269,000 after acquiring an additional 2,689,664 shares during the last quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of BellRing Brands in the second quarter valued at about $124,777,000. Finally, Wasatch Advisors LP grew its holdings in shares of BellRing Brands by 30.5% in the third quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP now owns 6,750,018 shares of the company’s stock valued at $245,363,000 after purchasing an additional 1,575,812 shares during the period. 94.97% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

BellRing Brands Company Profile

BellRing Brands, Inc is a consumer packaged goods company specializing in high‐protein, better‐for‐you nutrition products. Formed in March 2020 as a spin‐off from Post Holdings, the company focuses on delivering convenient protein solutions to health‐conscious consumers through a portfolio of well‐known and emerging brands.

The company’s product offerings include ready‐to‐drink protein shakes, protein powders, nutrition bars and other performance nutrition items. BellRing Brands’ flagship brands include Premier Protein, a line of shakes and bars designed for everyday protein supplementation, as well as Dymatize and PowerBar, which cater to athletes and active individuals seeking advanced sports nutrition formulas.

BellRing Brands markets its products primarily across North America, leveraging relationships with major retailers, wholesale clubs and e-commerce platforms to reach consumers in the United States and Canada.