KDP vs. STZ, ABEV, DEO, KMB, EL, FMX, HSY, GIS, CTVA, and KVUE
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), Diageo (DEO), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Fomento Económico Mexicano (FMX), Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Corteva (CTVA), and Kenvue (KVUE). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) and Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Constellation Brands pays an annual dividend of $4.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Keurig Dr Pepper pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Constellation Brands pays out 43.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Keurig Dr Pepper pays out 55.5% 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. Constellation Brands has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years and Keurig Dr Pepper has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Constellation Brands has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keurig Dr Pepper has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Constellation Brands has a net margin of 16.13% compared to Constellation Brands' net margin of 14.52%. Keurig Dr Pepper's return on equity of 23.06% beat Constellation Brands' return on equity.
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.
In the previous week, Keurig Dr Pepper had 9 more articles in the media than Constellation Brands. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Keurig Dr Pepper and 6 mentions for Constellation Brands. Keurig Dr Pepper's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Constellation Brands' score of 1.13 indicating that Constellation Brands 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.
Constellation Brands currently has a consensus target price of $298.55, suggesting a potential upside of 20.14%. Keurig Dr Pepper has a consensus target price of $36.64, suggesting a potential upside of 7.16%. Given Keurig Dr Pepper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Constellation Brands is more favorable than Keurig Dr Pepper.
77.3% of Constellation Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are held by institutional investors. 16.2% of Constellation Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Constellation Brands beats Keurig Dr Pepper on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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