Britvic (BVIC) Competitors

Britvic (LON:BVIC) and Coca-Cola HBC (LON:CCH) are both mid-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BVIC or CCH?

Coca-Cola HBC has higher revenue and earnings than Britvic. Coca-Cola HBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Britvic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Britvic	£1.83B	1.73	£129.50M	£0.51	2,521.57
Coca-Cola HBC	£10.34B	0.96	£632.40M	£1.43	1,925.87

Is BVIC or CCH a better dividend stock?

Britvic pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Coca-Cola HBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 79 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Britvic pays out 6,274.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Coca-Cola HBC pays out 5,524.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Coca-Cola HBC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer BVIC or CCH?

Britvic currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,107.50, indicating a potential downside of 13.88%. Coca-Cola HBC has a consensus price target of GBX 2,825, indicating a potential upside of 2.58%. Given Coca-Cola HBC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Coca-Cola HBC is more favorable than Britvic.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Britvic	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Coca-Cola HBC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the media favor BVIC or CCH?

In the previous week, Britvic's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Coca-Cola HBC'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Britvic	Neutral
Coca-Cola HBC	Neutral

Is BVIC or CCH more profitable?

Britvic has a net margin of 7.06% compared to Coca-Cola HBC's net margin of 6.12%. Britvic's return on equity of 36.42% beat Coca-Cola HBC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Britvic	7.06%	36.42%	6.56%
Coca-Cola HBC	6.12%	20.68%	5.79%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BVIC or CCH?

98.4% of Britvic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.9% of Coca-Cola HBC shares are held by institutional investors. 9.2% of Britvic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.2% of Coca-Cola HBC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, BVIC or CCH?

Britvic has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola HBC has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BVIC or CCH?

Britvic received 276 more outperform votes than Coca-Cola HBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.25% of users gave Britvic an outperform vote while only 60.61% of users gave Coca-Cola HBC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Britvic	Outperform Votes 653 69.25%	Underperform Votes 290 30.75%
Coca-Cola HBC	Outperform Votes 377 60.61%	Underperform Votes 245 39.39%

Summary

Coca-Cola HBC beats Britvic on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.