FEVR vs. BAG, BVIC, NICL, PFD, HFG, BAKK, CCR, GNC, MPE, and PZC
Should you be buying Fevertree Drinks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fevertree Drinks include A.G. BARR (BAG), Britvic (BVIC), Nichols (NICL), Premier Foods (PFD), Hilton Food Group (HFG), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), C&C Group (CCR), Greencore Group (GNC), M.P. Evans Group (MPE), and PZ Cussons (PZC). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Fevertree Drinks (LON:FEVR) and A.G. BARR (LON:BAG) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.
A.G. BARR has higher revenue and earnings than Fevertree Drinks. A.G. BARR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fevertree Drinks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
A.G. BARR has a net margin of 9.62% compared to Fevertree Drinks' net margin of 4.23%. A.G. BARR's return on equity of 13.71% beat Fevertree Drinks' return on equity.
Fevertree Drinks has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A.G. BARR has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fevertree Drinks presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,360, indicating a potential upside of 26.33%. A.G. BARR has a consensus target price of GBX 574, indicating a potential upside of 1.77%. Given Fevertree Drinks' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Fevertree Drinks is more favorable than A.G. BARR.
Fevertree Drinks pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. A.G. BARR pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Fevertree Drinks pays out 13,076.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. A.G. BARR pays out 4,411.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. A.G. BARR is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
72.5% of Fevertree Drinks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.2% of A.G. BARR shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Fevertree Drinks shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.2% of A.G. BARR shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, A.G. BARR had 5 more articles in the media than Fevertree Drinks. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for A.G. BARR and 0 mentions for Fevertree Drinks. Fevertree Drinks' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat A.G. BARR's score of -0.27 indicating that Fevertree Drinks is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fevertree Drinks received 94 more outperform votes than A.G. BARR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.40% of users gave Fevertree Drinks an outperform vote while only 48.65% of users gave A.G. BARR an outperform vote.
Summary
A.G. BARR beats Fevertree Drinks on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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