Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) Competitors

National Beverage (NASDAQ:FIZZ) and Coca-Cola Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has more volatility and risk, FIZZ or COKE?

National Beverage has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola Consolidated has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FIZZ or COKE?

Coca-Cola Consolidated received 23 more outperform votes than National Beverage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.06% of users gave Coca-Cola Consolidated an outperform vote while only 59.91% of users gave National Beverage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
National Beverage	Outperform Votes 257 59.91%	Underperform Votes 172 40.09%
Coca-Cola Consolidated	Outperform Votes 280 63.06%	Underperform Votes 164 36.94%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FIZZ or COKE?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Beverage	$1.19B	3.47	$176.73M	$1.99	22.06
Coca-Cola Consolidated	$6.90B	1.79	$408.38M	$69.85	20.23

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FIZZ or COKE?

24.0% of National Beverage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of Coca-Cola Consolidated shares are owned by institutional investors. 74.8% of National Beverage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is FIZZ or COKE more profitable?

National Beverage has a net margin of 15.63% compared to Coca-Cola Consolidated's net margin of 9.18%. Coca-Cola Consolidated's return on equity of 49.88% beat National Beverage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Beverage	15.63%	42.80%	28.91%
Coca-Cola Consolidated	9.18%	49.88%	13.37%

Do analysts prefer FIZZ or COKE?

National Beverage currently has a consensus price target of $41.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.58%. Given National Beverage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe National Beverage is more favorable than Coca-Cola Consolidated.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Beverage	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Coca-Cola Consolidated	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor FIZZ or COKE?

In the previous week, National Beverage had 3 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola Consolidated. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for National Beverage and 6 mentions for Coca-Cola Consolidated. National Beverage's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Coca-Cola Consolidated's score of 0.48 indicating that National Beverage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
National Beverage	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Coca-Cola Consolidated	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

National Beverage beats Coca-Cola Consolidated on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.