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