COKE vs. MNST, FIZZ, KO, PEP, CCEP, FMX, PRMB, CELH, ZVIA, and REED
Should you be buying Coca-Cola Consolidated stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coca-Cola Consolidated include Monster Beverage (MNST), National Beverage (FIZZ), Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Fomento Económico Mexicano (FMX), Primo Brands (PRMB), Celsius (CELH), Zevia PBC (ZVIA), and Reed's (REED). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Coca-Cola Consolidated vs.
Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNST) and Coca-Cola Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Monster Beverage received 678 more outperform votes than Coca-Cola Consolidated when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.50% of users gave Monster Beverage an outperform vote while only 62.90% of users gave Coca-Cola Consolidated an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Monster Beverage had 9 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola Consolidated. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Monster Beverage and 14 mentions for Coca-Cola Consolidated. Monster Beverage's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Coca-Cola Consolidated's score of 0.71 indicating that Monster Beverage is being referred to more favorably in the media.
72.4% of Monster Beverage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of Coca-Cola Consolidated shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Monster Beverage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Monster Beverage has higher revenue and earnings than Coca-Cola Consolidated. Coca-Cola Consolidated is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monster Beverage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Monster Beverage presently has a consensus target price of $55.53, indicating a potential upside of 4.79%. Given Monster Beverage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Monster Beverage is more favorable than Coca-Cola Consolidated.
Monster Beverage has a net margin of 21.66% compared to Coca-Cola Consolidated's net margin of 7.81%. Coca-Cola Consolidated's return on equity of 46.94% beat Monster Beverage's return on equity.
Monster Beverage has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola Consolidated has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Monster Beverage beats Coca-Cola Consolidated on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:COKE) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
