Fevertree Drinks (FEVR) Competitors

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

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 39.02% beat Fevertree Drinks' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fevertree Drinks	6.05%	9.30%	4.91%
Britvic	7.06%	39.02%	6.56%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	£394.92M	2.62	£23.91M	£18.79	43.21
Britvic	£1.83B	0.00	£129.05M	£51.67	N/A

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 2.1%. Britvic pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share. Fevertree Drinks pays out 90.5% 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 pays out 61.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor FEVR or BVIC?

In the previous week, Fevertree Drinks had 7 more articles in the media than Britvic. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Fevertree Drinks and 0 mentions for Britvic. Fevertree Drinks' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Britvic's score of 0.00 indicating that Fevertree Drinks is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fevertree Drinks	Positive
Britvic	Neutral

Do analysts rate FEVR or BVIC?

Fevertree Drinks presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,543.75, suggesting a potential upside of 90.16%. Britvic has a consensus target price of GBX 1,107.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Fevertree Drinks' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, 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 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.