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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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 59.48% of users gave Coca-Cola Europacific Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Primo Brands	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	Outperform Votes 160 59.48%	Underperform Votes 109 40.52%

Which has higher 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	2.36	$238.10M	N/A	N/A
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	$20.44B	1.89	$1.81B	$4.86	17.24

Do analysts recommend PRMB or CCEP?

Primo Brands currently has a consensus price target of $41.40, suggesting a potential upside of 29.35%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a consensus price target of $86.88, suggesting a potential upside of 3.68%. Given Primo Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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)	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

Does the media prefer PRMB or CCEP?

In the previous week, Primo Brands had 11 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Primo Brands and 11 mentions for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Primo Brands' score of 1.18 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	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 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 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe 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. 2.5% 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Primo Brands beats Coca-Cola Europacific Partners on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.