NICL vs. FEVR, BAG, CCEP, CCH, BVIC, PFD, BAKK, GNC, DCG, and HFG
Should you be buying Nichols stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nichols include Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), A.G. BARR (BAG), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), Britvic (BVIC), Premier Foods (PFD), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Greencore Group (GNC), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), and Hilton Food Group (HFG). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Nichols vs. Its Competitors
Nichols (LON:NICL) and Fevertree Drinks (LON:FEVR) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
Fevertree Drinks received 164 more outperform votes than Nichols when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.25% of users gave Fevertree Drinks an outperform vote while only 62.08% of users gave Nichols an outperform vote.
Fevertree Drinks has higher revenue and earnings than Nichols. Nichols is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fevertree Drinks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nichols pays an annual dividend of GBX 31 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Fevertree Drinks pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Nichols pays out 60.5% 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. Nichols is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
26.3% of Nichols shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.0% of Fevertree Drinks shares are held by institutional investors. 43.3% of Nichols shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Fevertree Drinks shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Nichols has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fevertree Drinks has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Nichols currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,760, indicating a potential upside of 24.82%. Fevertree Drinks has a consensus price target of GBX 1,658.33, indicating a potential upside of 84.05%. Given Fevertree Drinks' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fevertree Drinks is more favorable than Nichols.
Nichols has a net margin of 11.07% compared to Fevertree Drinks' net margin of 6.05%. Nichols' return on equity of 18.96% beat Fevertree Drinks' return on equity.
In the previous week, Nichols had 8 more articles in the media than Fevertree Drinks. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Nichols and 2 mentions for Fevertree Drinks. Fevertree Drinks' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Nichols' score of 0.02 indicating that Fevertree Drinks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Nichols beats Fevertree Drinks on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:NICL) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
