Fevertree Drinks (FEVR) Competitors

Fevertree Drinks (LON:FEVR) and Britvic (LON:BVIC) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Do analysts prefer FEVR or BVIC?

Fevertree Drinks presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,658.33, indicating a potential upside of 89.31%. Britvic has a consensus price target of GBX 1,315, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Fevertree Drinks' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Fevertree Drinks is more favorable than Britvic.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fevertree Drinks	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Britvic	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is FEVR or BVIC more profitable?

Britvic has a net margin of 7.06% compared to Fevertree Drinks' net margin of 6.05%. Britvic's return on equity of 39.02% beat Fevertree Drinks' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fevertree Drinks	6.05%	9.30%	4.91%
Britvic	7.06%	39.02%	6.56%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FEVR or BVIC?

Britvic has higher revenue and earnings than Fevertree Drinks. Britvic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fevertree Drinks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fevertree Drinks	£394.92M	2.83	£23.91M	£18.79	46.63
Britvic	£1.83B	0.00	£129.05M	£51.67	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, FEVR or BVIC?

Fevertree Drinks has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Britvic has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FEVR or BVIC?

Britvic received 304 more outperform votes than Fevertree Drinks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.25% of users gave Britvic an outperform vote while only 69.25% of users gave Fevertree Drinks an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fevertree Drinks	Outperform Votes 349 69.25%	Underperform Votes 155 30.75%
Britvic	Outperform Votes 653 69.25%	Underperform Votes 290 30.75%

Is FEVR or BVIC a better dividend stock?

Fevertree Drinks pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Britvic pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share. Fevertree Drinks pays out 90.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Britvic pays out 61.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FEVR or BVIC?

68.0% of Fevertree Drinks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Britvic shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.6% of Fevertree Drinks shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Britvic shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer FEVR or BVIC?

In the previous week, Fevertree Drinks had 1 more articles in the media than Britvic. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Fevertree Drinks and 0 mentions for Britvic. Fevertree Drinks' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Britvic's score of -1.14 indicating that Fevertree Drinks is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fevertree Drinks	Positive
Britvic	Negative

Summary

Britvic beats Fevertree Drinks on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.