NICL vs. FEVR, BAG, CCEP, CCH, BVIC, PFD, BAKK, GNC, DCG, and MPE
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 M.P. Evans Group (MPE). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Nichols vs. Its Competitors
Fevertree Drinks (LON:FEVR) and Nichols (LON:NICL) 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 valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
65.9% of Fevertree Drinks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.3% of Nichols shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.6% of Fevertree Drinks shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Nichols shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Fevertree Drinks currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,325, suggesting a potential upside of 66.88%. Nichols has a consensus price target of GBX 1,820, suggesting a potential upside of 59.65%. Given Fevertree Drinks' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Fevertree Drinks is more favorable than Nichols.
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.
Fevertree Drinks has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nichols has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fevertree Drinks pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Nichols pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Fevertree Drinks pays out 80.3% 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 pays out 66.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nichols is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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 2 more articles in the media than Fevertree Drinks. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Nichols and 2 mentions for Fevertree Drinks. Fevertree Drinks' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Nichols' score of -0.49 indicating that Fevertree Drinks is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Fevertree Drinks beats Nichols on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:NICL) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
