Fomento Económico Mexicano (FMX) Competitors

Fomento Económico Mexicano (NYSE:FMX) and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (NASDAQ:CCEP) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FMX or CCEP?

61.0% of Fomento Económico Mexicano shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.4% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Fomento Económico Mexicano shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are owned 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.

Is FMX or CCEP a better dividend stock?

Fomento Económico Mexicano pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Fomento Económico Mexicano pays out 11.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do analysts rate FMX or CCEP?

Fomento Económico Mexicano presently has a consensus price target of $103.95, suggesting a potential upside of 0.09%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a consensus price target of $87.13, suggesting a potential downside of 0.88%. Given Fomento Económico Mexicano's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Fomento Económico Mexicano is more favorable than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fomento Económico Mexicano	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FMX or CCEP?

Fomento Económico Mexicano received 166 more outperform votes than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.60% of users gave Fomento Económico Mexicano an outperform vote while only 59.78% of users gave Coca-Cola Europacific Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fomento Económico Mexicano	Outperform Votes 328 65.60%	Underperform Votes 172 34.40%
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	Outperform Votes 162 59.78%	Underperform Votes 109 40.22%

Is FMX or CCEP more profitable?

Fomento Económico Mexicano has a net margin of 3.22% compared to Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' net margin of 0.00%. Fomento Económico Mexicano's return on equity of 8.37% beat Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fomento Económico Mexicano	3.22%	8.37%	3.79%
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, FMX or CCEP?

Fomento Económico Mexicano has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FMX or CCEP?

In the previous week, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners had 10 more articles in the media than Fomento Económico Mexicano. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and 9 mentions for Fomento Económico Mexicano. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Fomento Económico Mexicano's score of 1.09 indicating that Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fomento Económico Mexicano	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, FMX or CCEP?

Fomento Económico Mexicano has higher revenue and earnings than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fomento Económico Mexicano, 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
Fomento Económico Mexicano	$781.59B	0.05	$3.89B	$4.17	24.91
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	$20.44B	1.98	$1.81B	$4.86	18.09

Summary

Fomento Económico Mexicano beats Coca-Cola Europacific Partners on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.