PRMW vs. COKE, FIZZ, ZVIA, REED, KOF, FMX, MNST, CCEP, CELH, and AGR
Should you be buying Primo Water stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Primo Water include Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE), National Beverage (FIZZ), Zevia PBC (ZVIA), Reed's (REED), Coca-Cola FEMSA (KOF), Fomento Económico Mexicano (FMX), Monster Beverage (MNST), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Celsius (CELH), and Avangrid (AGR).
Primo Water (NYSE:PRMW) and Coca-Cola Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Coca-Cola Consolidated had 5 more articles in the media than Primo Water. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Coca-Cola Consolidated and 3 mentions for Primo Water. Primo Water's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Coca-Cola Consolidated's score of 0.65 indicating that Primo Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Primo Water presently has a consensus price target of $22.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.27%. Given Primo Water's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Primo Water is more favorable than Coca-Cola Consolidated.
Primo Water has a net margin of 12.22% compared to Coca-Cola Consolidated's net margin of 6.83%. Coca-Cola Consolidated's return on equity of 42.10% beat Primo Water's return on equity.
Coca-Cola Consolidated received 233 more outperform votes than Primo Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.90% of users gave Coca-Cola Consolidated an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Primo Water an outperform vote.
Primo Water pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Coca-Cola Consolidated pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Primo Water pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coca-Cola Consolidated pays out 4.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Primo Water has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola Consolidated has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Coca-Cola Consolidated has higher revenue and earnings than Primo Water. Primo Water is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coca-Cola Consolidated, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.7% of Primo Water shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of Coca-Cola Consolidated shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Primo Water shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Coca-Cola Consolidated beats Primo Water on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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