Coca-Cola FEMSA (KOF) Competitors

Coca-Cola FEMSA (NYSE:KOF) and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (NASDAQ:CCEP) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has better earnings & valuation, KOF or CCEP?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coca-Cola FEMSA. Coca-Cola FEMSA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, 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 FEMSA	$279.79B	0.57	$1.16B	$6.16	15.49
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	$20.44B	2.00	$1.81B	$4.86	18.21

Do analysts prefer KOF or CCEP?

Coca-Cola FEMSA currently has a consensus target price of $104.75, suggesting a potential upside of 9.75%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a consensus target price of $87.13, suggesting a potential downside of 1.57%. Given Coca-Cola FEMSA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Coca-Cola FEMSA is more favorable than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coca-Cola FEMSA	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Is KOF or CCEP a better dividend stock?

Coca-Cola FEMSA pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Coca-Cola FEMSA pays out 12.7% 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.

Is KOF or CCEP more profitable?

Coca-Cola FEMSA has a net margin of 8.12% compared to Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' net margin of 0.00%. Coca-Cola FEMSA's return on equity of 15.99% beat Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coca-Cola FEMSA	8.12%	15.99%	7.55%
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to KOF or CCEP?

In the previous week, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners had 12 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola FEMSA. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and 10 mentions for Coca-Cola FEMSA. Coca-Cola FEMSA's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' score of 1.34 indicating that Coca-Cola FEMSA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coca-Cola FEMSA	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KOF or CCEP?

Coca-Cola FEMSA received 206 more outperform votes than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.78% of users gave Coca-Cola Europacific Partners an outperform vote while only 57.59% of users gave Coca-Cola FEMSA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coca-Cola FEMSA	Outperform Votes 368 57.59%	Underperform Votes 271 42.41%
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	Outperform Votes 162 59.78%	Underperform Votes 109 40.22%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of KOF or CCEP?

31.4% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Coca-Cola FEMSA 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, KOF or CCEP?

Coca-Cola FEMSA has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% 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.

Summary

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners beats Coca-Cola FEMSA on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.