KDP vs. STZ, ABEV, BF.B, DEO, KMB, EL, KHC, HSY, GIS, and CTVA
Should you be buying Keurig Dr Pepper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Keurig Dr Pepper include Constellation Brands (STZ), Ambev (ABEV), Brown-Forman (BF.B), Diageo (DEO), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), and Corteva (CTVA). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP) and Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) 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 dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Constellation Brands had 1 more articles in the media than Keurig Dr Pepper. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Constellation Brands and 11 mentions for Keurig Dr Pepper. Keurig Dr Pepper's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Constellation Brands' score of 0.65 indicating that Keurig Dr Pepper is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Constellation Brands received 874 more outperform votes than Keurig Dr Pepper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.26% of users gave Constellation Brands an outperform vote while only 34.33% of users gave Keurig Dr Pepper an outperform vote.
Keurig Dr Pepper pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Constellation Brands pays an annual dividend of $4.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Keurig Dr Pepper pays out 55.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Constellation Brands pays out 43.1% 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.
85.2% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Constellation Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of Constellation Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Keurig Dr Pepper has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellation Brands has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Keurig Dr Pepper currently has a consensus price target of $36.64, indicating a potential upside of 8.55%. Constellation Brands has a consensus price target of $298.55, indicating a potential upside of 16.88%. Given Constellation Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Constellation Brands is more favorable than Keurig Dr Pepper.
Keurig Dr Pepper has higher revenue and earnings than Constellation Brands. Keurig Dr Pepper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Constellation Brands has a net margin of 16.13% compared to Keurig Dr Pepper's net margin of 14.52%. Constellation Brands' return on equity of 23.06% beat Keurig Dr Pepper's return on equity.
Summary
Constellation Brands beats Keurig Dr Pepper on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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