KO vs. PEP, MNST, COKE, FIZZ, DEO, KDP, ABEV, STZ, BF.B, and COCO
Should you be buying Coca-Cola stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coca-Cola include PepsiCo (PEP), Monster Beverage (MNST), Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE), National Beverage (FIZZ), Diageo (DEO), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Ambev (ABEV), Constellation Brands (STZ), Brown-Forman (BF.B), and Vita Coco (COCO). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Coca-Cola vs.
PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) and Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.
PepsiCo pays an annual dividend of $5.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Coca-Cola pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. PepsiCo pays out 78.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Coca-Cola pays out 82.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PepsiCo has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years and Coca-Cola has raised its dividend for 64 consecutive years. PepsiCo is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
73.1% of PepsiCo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Coca-Cola shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of PepsiCo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Coca-Cola shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Coca-Cola received 92 more outperform votes than PepsiCo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.17% of users gave Coca-Cola an outperform vote while only 67.47% of users gave PepsiCo an outperform vote.
Coca-Cola has a net margin of 22.59% compared to PepsiCo's net margin of 10.43%. PepsiCo's return on equity of 58.87% beat Coca-Cola's return on equity.
PepsiCo has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, PepsiCo had 29 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola. MarketBeat recorded 116 mentions for PepsiCo and 87 mentions for Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat PepsiCo's score of 1.11 indicating that Coca-Cola is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PepsiCo currently has a consensus price target of $170.59, suggesting a potential upside of 15.00%. Coca-Cola has a consensus price target of $74.24, suggesting a potential upside of 6.68%. Given PepsiCo's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PepsiCo is more favorable than Coca-Cola.
Coca-Cola has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PepsiCo. PepsiCo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coca-Cola, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Coca-Cola beats PepsiCo on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KO) was last updated on 3/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
