Compania Cervecerias Unidas (CCU) Competitors

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

Is COCO or CCU more profitable?

Vita Coco has a net margin of 11.50% compared to Compania Cervecerias Unidas' net margin of 4.93%. Vita Coco's return on equity of 24.99% beat Compania Cervecerias Unidas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vita Coco	11.50%	24.99%	17.84%
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	4.93%	9.01%	3.87%

Which has more risk and volatility, COCO or CCU?

Vita Coco has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compania Cervecerias Unidas has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor COCO or CCU?

In the previous week, Vita Coco had 13 more articles in the media than Compania Cervecerias Unidas. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Vita Coco and 2 mentions for Compania Cervecerias Unidas. Vita Coco's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Compania Cervecerias Unidas' score of 0.71 indicating that Vita Coco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vita Coco	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend COCO or CCU?

Vita Coco currently has a consensus target price of $38.38, indicating a potential upside of 12.53%. Compania Cervecerias Unidas has a consensus target price of $9.40, indicating a potential downside of 23.23%. Given Vita Coco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Vita Coco is more favorable than Compania Cervecerias Unidas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vita Coco	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, COCO or CCU?

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
Vita Coco	$516.01M	3.76	$55.95M	$1.07	31.87
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	$3.03T	0.00	$177.04M	$0.85	14.41

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in COCO or CCU?

88.5% of Vita Coco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.1% of Compania Cervecerias Unidas shares are held by institutional investors. 34.2% of Vita Coco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Compania Cervecerias Unidas shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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