National Beverage (FIZZ) 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 valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, COKE or FIZZ?

Coca-Cola Consolidated has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Beverage has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to COKE or FIZZ?

In the previous week, Coca-Cola Consolidated had 11 more articles in the media than National Beverage. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Coca-Cola Consolidated and 1 mentions for National Beverage. National Beverage's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Coca-Cola Consolidated's score of 1.05 indicating that National Beverage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coca-Cola Consolidated	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
National Beverage	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend COKE or FIZZ?

National Beverage has a consensus target price of $45.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.04%. Given National Beverage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe National Beverage is more favorable than Coca-Cola Consolidated.

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in COKE or FIZZ?

48.2% of Coca-Cola Consolidated shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of National Beverage shares are held by institutional investors. 74.8% of National Beverage shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COKE or FIZZ?

Coca-Cola Consolidated received 21 more outperform votes than National Beverage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.90% of users gave Coca-Cola Consolidated an outperform vote while only 60.05% of users gave National Beverage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coca-Cola Consolidated	Outperform Votes 278 62.90%	Underperform Votes 164 37.10%
National Beverage	Outperform Votes 257 60.05%	Underperform Votes 171 39.95%

Is COKE or FIZZ more profitable?

National Beverage has a net margin of 15.36% compared to Coca-Cola Consolidated's net margin of 7.81%. Coca-Cola Consolidated's return on equity of 46.94% beat National Beverage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coca-Cola Consolidated	7.81%	46.94%	13.27%
National Beverage	15.36%	39.91%	27.39%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, COKE or FIZZ?

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
Coca-Cola Consolidated	$6.65B	1.63	$408.38M	$57.46	21.54
National Beverage	$1.19B	3.72	$176.73M	$1.97	24.06

Summary

Coca-Cola Consolidated beats National Beverage on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.