FEVR vs. BAG, BVIC, NICL, PFD, HFG, BAKK, CCR, GNC, PZC, and MPE
Should you be buying Fevertree Drinks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fevertree Drinks include A.G. BARR (BAG), Britvic (BVIC), Nichols (NICL), Premier Foods (PFD), Hilton Food Group (HFG), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), C&C Group (CCR), Greencore Group (GNC), PZ Cussons (PZC), and M.P. Evans Group (MPE). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
A.G. BARR (LON:BAG) and Fevertree Drinks (LON:FEVR) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
A.G. BARR currently has a consensus target price of GBX 574, indicating a potential downside of 1.37%. Fevertree Drinks has a consensus target price of GBX 1,420, indicating a potential upside of 19.89%. Given A.G. BARR's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fevertree Drinks is more favorable than A.G. BARR.
Fevertree Drinks received 95 more outperform votes than A.G. BARR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.46% of users gave Fevertree Drinks an outperform vote while only 48.65% of users gave A.G. BARR an outperform vote.
A.G. BARR has a net margin of 9.62% compared to A.G. BARR's net margin of 4.23%. Fevertree Drinks' return on equity of 13.71% beat A.G. BARR's return on equity.
A.G. BARR pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Fevertree Drinks pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. A.G. BARR pays out 4,411.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fevertree Drinks pays out 13,076.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. A.G. BARR is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
A.G. BARR has higher revenue and earnings than Fevertree Drinks. A.G. BARR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fevertree Drinks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
50.0% of A.G. BARR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.1% of Fevertree Drinks shares are held by institutional investors. 34.1% of A.G. BARR shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of Fevertree Drinks shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Fevertree Drinks' average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat A.G. BARR's score of 0.00 indicating that A.G. BARR is being referred to more favorably in the media.
A.G. BARR has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fevertree Drinks has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
A.G. BARR beats Fevertree Drinks on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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