CCEP vs. CCH, BVIC, FEVR, BAG, NICL, ULVR, BMK, BATS, DGE, and RKT
Should you be buying Coca-Cola Europacific Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners include Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), Britvic (BVIC), Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), A.G. BARR (BAG), Nichols (NICL), Unilever (ULVR), Benchmark (BMK), British American Tobacco (BATS), Diageo (DGE), and Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners vs. Its Competitors
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (LON:CCEP) and Coca-Cola HBC (LON:CCH) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 2.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Coca-Cola HBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays out 60.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coca-Cola HBC pays out 41.0% 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.
In the previous week, Coca-Cola HBC had 1 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Coca-Cola HBC and 1 mentions for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. Coca-Cola HBC's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' score of -0.26 indicating that Coca-Cola HBC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
20.9% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of Coca-Cola HBC shares are held by institutional investors. 17.3% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 99.2% of Coca-Cola HBC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Coca-Cola HBC. Coca-Cola HBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola HBC has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners presently has a consensus target price of GBX 8,130, suggesting a potential upside of 22.70%. Coca-Cola HBC has a consensus target price of GBX 4,104.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.45%. Given Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is more favorable than Coca-Cola HBC.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a net margin of 8.42% compared to Coca-Cola HBC's net margin of 6.12%. Coca-Cola HBC's return on equity of 21.07% beat Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' return on equity.
Summary
Coca-Cola HBC beats Coca-Cola Europacific Partners on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CCEP) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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