CCH vs. CCEP, BVIC, FEVR, BAG, NICL, DGE, RKT, TSCO, IMB, and ABF
Should you be buying Coca-Cola HBC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coca-Cola HBC include Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Britvic (BVIC), Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), A.G. BARR (BAG), Nichols (NICL), Diageo (DGE), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), Tesco (TSCO), Imperial Brands (IMB), and Associated British Foods (ABF). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Coca-Cola HBC vs. Its Competitors
Coca-Cola HBC (LON:CCH) and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (LON:CCEP) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Coca-Cola HBC. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coca-Cola HBC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Coca-Cola HBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 79 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 191 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Coca-Cola HBC pays out 54.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays out 65.7% 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 1 mentions for Coca-Cola HBC and 0 mentions for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. Coca-Cola HBC's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Coca-Cola HBC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
26.9% of Coca-Cola HBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.2% of Coca-Cola HBC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.4% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Coca-Cola HBC presently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,104.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.46%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a consensus price target of GBX 8,130, indicating a potential upside of 21.16%. Given Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is more favorable than Coca-Cola HBC.
Coca-Cola HBC has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 Europacific Partners beats Coca-Cola HBC on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CCH) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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