What Happened?
Shares of nutrition products company Bellring Brands (NYSE:BRBR) fell 7.4% in the morning session after the company's fourth-quarter 2025 earnings report revealed significant margin pressure and a lowered full-year outlook, overshadowing beats on headline revenue and profit numbers.
While the company's revenue of $537.3 million and adjusted earnings per share of $0.37 topped Wall Street's estimates, investor focus shifted to profitability concerns. Gross profit margin fell sharply to 29.9% from 37.5% in the same quarter last year, and operating margin also declined by 7 percentage points year-over-year. Adding to the concerns, BellRing slightly reduced its full-year revenue guidance to $2.44 billion at the midpoint. Furthermore, sales volumes were flat year-on-year, a significant deceleration from the company's strong historical growth, raising questions about future demand.
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What Is The Market Telling Us
BellRing Brands’s shares are very volatile and have had 23 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.
The previous big move we wrote about was 8 days ago when the stock dropped 7.5% on the news that Deutsche Bank lowered its price target on the stock and news of several class-action lawsuits circulated. The bank reduced its price target on BellRing Brands to $31 from $35, citing a potentially challenging quarter ahead and noting that trends for its Premier Protein product line were below management's initial expectations.
BellRing Brands is down 16.9% since the beginning of the year, and at $21.68 per share, it is trading 72.5% below its 52-week high of $78.92 from May 2025. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of BellRing Brands’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $881.33.
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