BAG vs. FEVR, NICL, CCEP, CCH, BVIC, CWK, OCDO, BME, TATE, and PFD
Should you be buying A.G. BARR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of A.G. BARR include Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), Nichols (NICL), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), Britvic (BVIC), Cranswick (CWK), Ocado Group (OCDO), B&M European Value Retail (BME), Tate & Lyle (TATE), and Premier Foods (PFD). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
A.G. BARR vs. Its Competitors
Fevertree Drinks (LON:FEVR) and A.G. BARR (LON:BAG) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation and media sentiment.
Fevertree Drinks pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. A.G. BARR pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Fevertree Drinks pays out 80.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. A.G. BARR pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. A.G. BARR is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
A.G. BARR has higher revenue and earnings than Fevertree Drinks. A.G. BARR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fevertree Drinks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fevertree Drinks has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A.G. BARR has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fevertree Drinks presently has a consensus price target of GBX 863.33, suggesting a potential downside of 4.50%. A.G. BARR has a consensus price target of GBX 755, suggesting a potential upside of 8.01%. Given A.G. BARR's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe A.G. BARR is more favorable than Fevertree Drinks.
A.G. BARR has a net margin of 8.81% compared to Fevertree Drinks' net margin of 6.05%. A.G. BARR's return on equity of 12.27% beat Fevertree Drinks' return on equity.
65.9% of Fevertree Drinks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of A.G. BARR shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of Fevertree Drinks shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of A.G. BARR shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Fevertree Drinks had 14 more articles in the media than A.G. BARR. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Fevertree Drinks and 1 mentions for A.G. BARR. A.G. BARR's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Fevertree Drinks' score of 0.77 indicating that A.G. BARR is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
A.G. BARR beats Fevertree Drinks on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BAG) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
