CCH vs. CCEP, BVIC, FEVR, BAG, NICL, DGE, RKT, TSCO, IMB, and ABF
Should you be buying Coca-Cola HBC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coca-Cola HBC include Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Britvic (BVIC), Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), A.G. BARR (BAG), Nichols (NICL), Diageo (DGE), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), Tesco (TSCO), Imperial Brands (IMB), and Associated British Foods (ABF). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Coca-Cola HBC vs. Its Competitors
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (LON:CCEP) and Coca-Cola HBC (LON:CCH) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Coca-Cola HBC had 4 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Coca-Cola HBC and 2 mentions for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Coca-Cola HBC's score of 0.38 indicating that Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola HBC has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
35.0% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.9% of Coca-Cola HBC shares are held by institutional investors. 55.4% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners 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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Coca-Cola HBC. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coca-Cola HBC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a net margin of 8.42% compared to Coca-Cola HBC's net margin of 6.12%. Coca-Cola HBC's return on equity of 21.07% beat Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' return on equity.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners currently has a consensus target price of GBX 8,130, indicating a potential upside of 20.80%. Coca-Cola HBC has a consensus target price of GBX 4,104.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.73%. Given Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is more favorable than Coca-Cola HBC.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 191 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Coca-Cola HBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 79 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays out 65.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coca-Cola HBC pays out 54.6% 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.
Summary
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners beats Coca-Cola HBC on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CCH) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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