Fevertree Drinks (FEVR) Competitors

Fevertree Drinks (LON:FEVR) and Britvic (LON:BVIC) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Is FEVR or BVIC more profitable?

Britvic has a net margin of 7.06% compared to Fevertree Drinks' net margin of 6.05%. Britvic's return on equity of 36.42% beat Fevertree Drinks' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fevertree Drinks	6.05%	9.47%	4.91%
Britvic	7.06%	36.42%	6.56%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FEVR or BVIC?

68.0% of Fevertree Drinks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Britvic shares are held by institutional investors. 10.6% of Fevertree Drinks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Britvic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer FEVR or BVIC?

In the previous week, Britvic had 3 more articles in the media than Fevertree Drinks. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Britvic and 2 mentions for Fevertree Drinks. Britvic's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Fevertree Drinks' score of -0.81 indicating that Britvic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fevertree Drinks	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Britvic	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, FEVR or BVIC?

Britvic has higher revenue and earnings than Fevertree Drinks. Britvic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fevertree Drinks, 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
Fevertree Drinks	£361.70M	2.21	£21.90M	£0.19	3,600.00
Britvic	£1.83B	1.74	£129.50M	£0.51	2,523.53

Is FEVR or BVIC a better dividend stock?

Fevertree Drinks pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Britvic pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Fevertree Drinks pays out 8,947.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Britvic is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FEVR or BVIC?

Britvic received 304 more outperform votes than Fevertree Drinks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.25% of users gave Britvic an outperform vote while only 69.25% of users gave Fevertree Drinks an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fevertree Drinks	Outperform Votes 349 69.25%	Underperform Votes 155 30.75%
Britvic	Outperform Votes 653 69.25%	Underperform Votes 290 30.75%

Do analysts rate FEVR or BVIC?

Fevertree Drinks presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,543.75, indicating a potential upside of 125.69%. Britvic has a consensus target price of GBX 1,107.50, indicating a potential downside of 13.95%. Given Fevertree Drinks' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Fevertree Drinks is more favorable than Britvic.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fevertree Drinks	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Britvic	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more volatility and risk, FEVR or BVIC?

Fevertree Drinks has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Britvic has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Britvic beats Fevertree Drinks on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.