DEO vs. KO, PEP, KDP, STZ, ABEV, BF.B, COCO, BRCC, WEST, and NAPA
Should you be buying Diageo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diageo include Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Constellation Brands (STZ), Ambev (ABEV), Brown-Forman (BF.B), Vita Coco (COCO), BRC (BRCC), Westrock Coffee (WEST), and Duckhorn Portfolio (NAPA). These companies are all part of the "beverages" industry.
Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) and Diageo (NYSE:DEO) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Coca-Cola had 11 more articles in the media than Diageo. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Coca-Cola and 10 mentions for Diageo. Coca-Cola's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Diageo's score of 0.60 indicating that Diageo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Coca-Cola pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Diageo pays an annual dividend of $3.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Coca-Cola pays out 77.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Coca-Cola has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Coca-Cola is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
70.3% of Coca-Cola shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.0% of Diageo shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Coca-Cola shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Coca-Cola received 882 more outperform votes than Diageo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.72% of users gave Coca-Cola an outperform vote while only 59.19% of users gave Diageo an outperform vote.
Coca-Cola has higher revenue and earnings than Diageo.
Coca-Cola has a net margin of 23.41% compared to Coca-Cola's net margin of 0.00%. Diageo's return on equity of 42.74% beat Coca-Cola's return on equity.
Coca-Cola has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diageo has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Coca-Cola presently has a consensus price target of $68.09, indicating a potential upside of 6.54%. Diageo has a consensus price target of $166.37, indicating a potential upside of 22.28%. Given Coca-Cola's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Diageo is more favorable than Coca-Cola.
Summary
Coca-Cola beats Diageo on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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