COKE vs. FIZZ, KO, PEP, MNST, FMX, PRMB, CHA, COCO, WEST, and ZVIA
Should you be buying Coca-Cola Consolidated stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coca-Cola Consolidated include National Beverage (FIZZ), CocaCola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Monster Beverage (MNST), Fomento Economico Mexicano (FMX), Primo Brands (PRMB), Chagee (CHA), Vita Coco (COCO), Westrock Coffee (WEST), and Zevia PBC (ZVIA). These companies are all part of the "beverages - soft" industry.
Coca-Cola Consolidated vs. Its Competitors
Coca-Cola Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) and National Beverage (NASDAQ:FIZZ) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk and profitability.
Coca-Cola Consolidated has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Beverage has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
National Beverage has a net margin of 15.55% compared to Coca-Cola Consolidated's net margin of 8.29%. National Beverage's return on equity of 49.48% beat Coca-Cola Consolidated's return on equity.
Coca-Cola Consolidated has higher revenue and earnings than National Beverage. Coca-Cola Consolidated is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Beverage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National Beverage has a consensus target price of $41.00, suggesting a potential downside of 12.51%. Given National Beverage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe National Beverage is more favorable than Coca-Cola Consolidated.
In the previous week, National Beverage had 8 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola Consolidated. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for National Beverage and 4 mentions for Coca-Cola Consolidated. Coca-Cola Consolidated's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat National Beverage's score of 0.68 indicating that Coca-Cola Consolidated is being referred to more favorably in the media.
48.2% of Coca-Cola Consolidated shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of National Beverage shares are owned by institutional investors. 74.8% of National Beverage shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
National Beverage beats Coca-Cola Consolidated on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:COKE) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
