Fevertree Drinks (FEVR) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer BVIC or FEVR?

Britvic presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,315, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Fevertree Drinks has a consensus target price of GBX 1,658.33, suggesting a potential upside of 83.85%. Given Fevertree Drinks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fevertree Drinks is more favorable than Britvic.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Britvic	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Fevertree Drinks	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BVIC or FEVR?

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

Which has more risk & volatility, BVIC or FEVR?

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

Is BVIC or FEVR 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
Britvic	7.06%	39.02%	6.56%
Fevertree Drinks	6.05%	9.30%	4.91%

Which has better earnings & valuation, BVIC or FEVR?

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
Britvic	£1.83B	0.00	£129.05M	£51.67	N/A
Fevertree Drinks	£394.92M	2.91	£23.91M	£18.79	48.01

Does the media prefer BVIC or FEVR?

In the previous week, Fevertree Drinks had 2 more articles in the media than Britvic. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fevertree Drinks and 0 mentions for Britvic. Fevertree Drinks' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Britvic's score of 0.00 indicating that Fevertree Drinks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Britvic	Neutral
Fevertree Drinks	Positive

Is BVIC or FEVR a better dividend stock?

Britvic pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share. Fevertree Drinks pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Britvic pays out 61.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

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

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

Summary

Britvic beats Fevertree Drinks on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.