Primo Brands (PRMB) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PRMB or CCEP?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Primo Brands. Primo Brands 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
Primo Brands	$5.15B	2.24	-$16.40M	-$0.08	-383.50
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	$22.12B	2.02	$1.53B	$4.86	19.92

Is PRMB or CCEP more profitable?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Primo Brands' net margin of -1.86%. Primo Brands' return on equity of 8.35% beat Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Primo Brands	-1.86%	8.35%	2.68%
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PRMB or CCEP?

87.7% of Primo Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.4% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 58.4% of Primo Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer PRMB or CCEP?

Primo Brands currently has a consensus target price of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.64%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a consensus target price of $89.13, suggesting a potential downside of 7.95%. Given Primo Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Primo Brands is more favorable than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Primo Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 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

Does the media prefer PRMB or CCEP?

In the previous week, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners had 4 more articles in the media than Primo Brands. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and 9 mentions for Primo Brands. Primo Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' score of 0.78 indicating that Primo Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Primo Brands	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, PRMB or CCEP?

Primo Brands has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Primo Brands beats Coca-Cola Europacific Partners on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.