Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) Competitors

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (LON:CCEP) and British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is CCEP or BATS more profitable?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a net margin of 8.42% compared to British American Tobacco's net margin of -52.84%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' return on equity of 19.39% beat British American Tobacco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	8.42%	19.39%	4.80%
British American Tobacco	-52.84%	-21.50%	5.16%

Does the media refer more to CCEP or BATS?

In the previous week, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners both had 5 articles in the media. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat British American Tobacco's score of 0.35 indicating that Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
British American Tobacco	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, CCEP or BATS?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British American Tobacco has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CCEP or BATS?

British American Tobacco has a consensus target price of GBX 3,183.33, indicating a potential upside of 8.08%. Given British American Tobacco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe British American Tobacco is more favorable than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
British American Tobacco	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CCEP or BATS?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than British American Tobacco. British American Tobacco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, 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
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	£19.15B	1.47	£1.61B	£3.50	1,742.86
British American Tobacco	£26.18B	2.49	-£13.88B	-£6.22	-473.53

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CCEP or BATS?

35.0% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of British American Tobacco shares are held by institutional investors. 55.4% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of British American Tobacco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is CCEP or BATS a better dividend stock?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 191 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. British American Tobacco pays an annual dividend of GBX 236 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays out 5,457.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. British American Tobacco pays out -3,794.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. British American Tobacco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CCEP or BATS?

British American Tobacco received 1226 more outperform votes than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Coca-Cola Europacific Partners an outperform vote while only 74.01% of users gave British American Tobacco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	Outperform Votes 4 80.00%	Underperform Votes 1 20.00%
British American Tobacco	Outperform Votes 1230 74.01%	Underperform Votes 432 25.99%

Summary

British American Tobacco beats Coca-Cola Europacific Partners on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.