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Nichols (NICL) Competitors

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GBX 1,075 -10.00 (-0.92%)
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NICL vs. FEVR, BAG, CCEP, CCH, BVIC, PFD, BAKK, GNC, DCG, and TOT

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 Total Produce (TOT). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fevertree Drinks6.05% 9.30% 4.91%
Nichols 11.07%18.96%12.97%

Fevertree Drinks has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nichols has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Nichols had 6 more articles in the media than Fevertree Drinks. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Nichols and 8 mentions for Fevertree Drinks. Fevertree Drinks' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Nichols' score of 0.09 indicating that Fevertree Drinks is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fevertree Drinks
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nichols
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fevertree Drinks£339.90M2.99£23.91M£21.1840.93
Nichols£174.32M2.25£18.72M£47.8422.47

Fevertree Drinks presently has a consensus price target of GBX 930, indicating a potential upside of 7.27%. Nichols has a consensus price target of GBX 1,820, indicating a potential upside of 69.30%. Given Nichols' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nichols is more favorable than Fevertree Drinks.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fevertree Drinks
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Nichols
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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 0.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nichols pays out 0.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Nichols is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Fevertree Drinks and Nichols tied by winning 9 of the 18 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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NICL vs. The Competition

MetricNicholsBeverages IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£393.05M£7.59B£7.50B£2.57B
Dividend Yield2.96%1.96%3.24%5.38%
P/E Ratio22.476.32876.69500.32
Price / Sales2.25160.781,011,604.3798,879.59
Price / Cash7.928.47144.7427.90
Price / Book3.925.189.008.15
Net Income£18.72M£553.25M£1.01B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-6.52%1.26%0.54%-0.58%
1 Month Performance-9.66%-1.02%-1.84%0.81%
1 Year Performance-0.46%555.06%177.35%130.24%

Nichols Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NICL
Nichols
2.7959 of 5 stars
GBX 1,075
-0.9%
GBX 1,820
+69.3%
+0.5%£393.05M£174.32M22.47325
FEVR
Fevertree Drinks
3.1473 of 5 stars
GBX 850
+4.7%
GBX 930
+9.4%
+13.4%£995.91M£339.90M4,013.22375Insider Trade
BAG
A.G. BARR
3.05 of 5 stars
GBX 675
+0.4%
GBX 770
+14.1%
+7.5%£750.85M£427.20M1,558.171,030
CCEP
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
2.5626 of 5 stars
GBX 6,670
+0.6%
GBX 8,130
+21.9%
+9,185.7%£30.24B£20.88B1,997.0127,600
CCH
Coca-Cola HBC
3.9539 of 5 stars
GBX 3,398
-0.4%
GBX 4,104.50
+20.8%
N/A£12.35B£11.20B1,353.7832,700News Coverage
Insider Trade
BVIC
Britvic
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.28B£1.83B25.414,430
PFD
Premier Foods
N/AGBX 180.67
+0.6%
GBX 255
+41.1%
-5.8%£1.56B£1.15B1,281.324,000High Trading Volume
BAKK
Bakkavor Group
1.962 of 5 stars
GBX 218.74
-0.1%
GBX 170
-22.3%
+38.9%£1.26B£2.30B3,472.0218,000Gap Down
GNC
Greencore Group
N/AGBX 243
-0.8%
N/A+11.5%£1.08B£1.86B24.5013,602Dividend Cut
DCG
Dairy Crest Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£958.60M£461.60M22.081,100
TOT
Total Produce
N/AN/AN/AN/A£641.85M£3.82B18.755,974

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This page (LON:NICL) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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