CCH vs. BNZL, SBRY, BME, IMB, OCDO, GRG, TATE, ABF, TSCO, and RKT
Should you be buying Coca-Cola HBC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coca-Cola HBC include Bunzl (BNZL), J Sainsbury (SBRY), B&M European Value Retail (BME), Imperial Brands (IMB), Ocado Group (OCDO), Greggs (GRG), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Associated British Foods (ABF), Tesco (TSCO), and Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Bunzl (LON:BNZL) and Coca-Cola HBC (LON:CCH) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Coca-Cola HBC has a net margin of 6.25% compared to Coca-Cola HBC's net margin of 4.46%. Bunzl's return on equity of 19.34% beat Coca-Cola HBC's return on equity.
65.3% of Bunzl shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of Coca-Cola HBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Bunzl shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 47.2% of Coca-Cola HBC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Coca-Cola HBC had 9 more articles in the media than Bunzl. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Coca-Cola HBC and 1 mentions for Bunzl. Coca-Cola HBC's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Bunzl's score of 0.38 indicating that Bunzl is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bunzl pays an annual dividend of GBX 68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Coca-Cola HBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 67 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Bunzl pays out 4,415.6% 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 HBC pays out 4,527.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Bunzl received 103 more outperform votes than Coca-Cola HBC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.65% of users gave Coca-Cola HBC an outperform vote while only 60.10% of users gave Bunzl an outperform vote.
Bunzl currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,916.67, suggesting a potential downside of 6.10%. Coca-Cola HBC has a consensus target price of GBX 2,860, suggesting a potential upside of 9.41%. Given Bunzl's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Coca-Cola HBC is more favorable than Bunzl.
Coca-Cola HBC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bunzl. Coca-Cola HBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bunzl, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bunzl has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola HBC has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Coca-Cola HBC beats Bunzl on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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