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 superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PRMB or CCEP?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners received 153 more outperform votes than Primo Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Primo Brands an outperform vote while only 59.78% of users gave Coca-Cola Europacific Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Primo Brands	Outperform Votes 9 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	Outperform Votes 162 59.78%	Underperform Votes 109 40.22%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PRMB or CCEP?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Primo Brands.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Primo Brands	$5.15B	2.50	$238.10M	N/A	N/A
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	$20.44B	1.99	$1.81B	$4.86	18.17

Is PRMB or CCEP a better dividend stock?

Primo Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is PRMB or CCEP more profitable?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Primo Brands' net margin of -2.74%. Primo Brands' return on equity of 10.27% beat Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Primo Brands	-2.74%	10.27%	4.24%
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, PRMB or CCEP?

Primo Brands has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer PRMB or CCEP?

Primo Brands presently has a consensus target price of $41.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.68%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a consensus target price of $87.13, indicating a potential downside of 1.35%. Given Primo Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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)	6 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

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

87.7% of Primo Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.4% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.4% of Primo Brands 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to PRMB or CCEP?

In the previous week, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Primo Brands. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and 20 mentions for Primo Brands. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Primo Brands' score of 1.24 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
Primo Brands	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	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

Summary

Primo Brands beats Coca-Cola Europacific Partners on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.