CCH vs. CCEP, BVIC, FEVR, BAG, NICL, DGE, RKT, TSCO, IMB, and KYGA
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 Kerry Group (KYGA). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Coca-Cola HBC 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners presently has a consensus price target of GBX 7,950, indicating a potential upside of 13.09%. Coca-Cola HBC has a consensus price target of GBX 3,800, indicating a potential downside of 3.50%. Given Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' higher possible upside, equities 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.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola HBC has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 191 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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 out 65.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coca-Cola HBC pays out 54.6% 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 Europacific Partners had 5 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola HBC. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and 0 mentions for Coca-Cola HBC. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Coca-Cola HBC's score of 0.00 indicating that Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
35.0% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.9% of Coca-Cola HBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.4% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 47.2% of Coca-Cola HBC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners beats Coca-Cola HBC on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CCH) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
