CCH vs. CCEP, BVIC, FEVR, BAG, NICL, RKT, TSCO, IMB, ABF, and BNZL
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), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), Tesco (TSCO), Imperial Brands (IMB), Associated British Foods (ABF), and Bunzl (BNZL). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Coca-Cola HBC vs.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (LON:CCEP) and Coca-Cola HBC (LON:CCH) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.
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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Coca-Cola HBC received 373 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 60.61% of users gave Coca-Cola HBC an outperform vote.
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 beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola HBC has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 20.68% beat Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' return on equity.
In the previous week, Coca-Cola HBC had 2 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Coca-Cola HBC and 0 mentions for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. Coca-Cola HBC's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' score of 0.20 indicating that Coca-Cola HBC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 191 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Coca-Cola HBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 79 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 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. 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 Europacific Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Coca-Cola HBC has a consensus target price of GBX 2,825, indicating a potential upside of 0.82%. Given Coca-Cola HBC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Coca-Cola HBC is more favorable than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.
Summary
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Coca-Cola HBC tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CCH) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff