Compania Cervecerias Unidas (CCU) Competitors

Compania Cervecerias Unidas (NYSE:CCU) and Vita Coco (NASDAQ:COCO) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CCU or COCO?

Compania Cervecerias Unidas has higher revenue and earnings than Vita Coco. Compania Cervecerias Unidas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vita Coco, 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
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	$3.08B	0.73	$177.04M	$0.94	12.90
Vita Coco	$516.01M	4.19	$55.95M	$1.01	37.72

Is CCU or COCO more profitable?

Vita Coco has a net margin of 11.32% compared to Compania Cervecerias Unidas' net margin of 5.56%. Vita Coco's return on equity of 25.08% beat Compania Cervecerias Unidas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	5.56%	8.83%	3.73%
Vita Coco	11.32%	25.08%	18.00%

Do analysts rate CCU or COCO?

Compania Cervecerias Unidas currently has a consensus target price of $9.70, indicating a potential downside of 20.01%. Vita Coco has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.89%. Given Vita Coco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vita Coco is more favorable than Compania Cervecerias Unidas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33
Vita Coco	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CCU or COCO?

24.1% of Compania Cervecerias Unidas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Vita Coco shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Compania Cervecerias Unidas shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of Vita Coco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, CCU or COCO?

Compania Cervecerias Unidas has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vita Coco has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CCU or COCO?

In the previous week, Vita Coco had 4 more articles in the media than Compania Cervecerias Unidas. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Vita Coco and 3 mentions for Compania Cervecerias Unidas. Vita Coco's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Compania Cervecerias Unidas' score of 0.00 indicating that Vita Coco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Vita Coco	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Vita Coco beats Compania Cervecerias Unidas on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.