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Nichols (NICL) Competitors

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GBX 1,125 -5.00 (-0.44%)
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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

Nichols (LON:NICL) and Fevertree Drinks (LON:FEVR) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

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

Nichols currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,820, suggesting a potential upside of 61.78%. Fevertree Drinks has a consensus target price of GBX 863.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.72%. 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
Nichols
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Fevertree Drinks
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Nichols pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Fevertree Drinks pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Nichols pays out 66.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fevertree Drinks pays out 80.1% 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.

7.3% of Nichols shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.9% of Fevertree Drinks shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Nichols shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Fevertree Drinks shares are owned by 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.

In the previous week, Nichols had 7 more articles in the media than Fevertree Drinks. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Nichols and 4 mentions for Fevertree Drinks. Fevertree Drinks' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Nichols' score of 0.00 indicating that Fevertree Drinks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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
Nichols£174.32M2.36£18.72M£0.482,351.59
Fevertree Drinks£339.90M2.79£23.91M£0.213,819.64

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
Nichols11.07% 18.96% 12.97%
Fevertree Drinks 6.05%9.30%4.91%

Summary

Nichols beats Fevertree Drinks on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NICL vs. The Competition

MetricNicholsBeverages IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£411.33M£7.34B£7.33B£2.60B
Dividend Yield2.82%1.98%3.22%5.29%
P/E Ratio2,351.59479.881,100.414,431.92
Price / Sales2.36156.891,011,604.3099,742.78
Price / Cash7.928.47144.7427.90
Price / Book4.105.108.958.66
Net Income£18.72M£553.25M£1.01B£5.89B
7 Day Performance1.35%-1.84%-0.75%0.31%
1 Month Performance-1.32%4.12%-2.53%5.78%
1 Year Performance13.18%533.64%179.67%164.09%

Nichols Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NICL
Nichols
2.0509 of 5 stars
GBX 1,125
-0.4%
GBX 1,820
+61.8%
+13.7%£411.33M£174.32M2,351.59325Gap Up
FEVR
Fevertree Drinks
1.9031 of 5 stars
GBX 862
-1.3%
GBX 863.33
+0.2%
+4.1%£1.02B£339.90M4,134.29375Positive News
BAG
A.G. BARR
2.4318 of 5 stars
GBX 670
+0.3%
GBX 755
+12.7%
+8.7%£745.29M£420.40M1,891.051,030Earnings Report
CCEP
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
2.2444 of 5 stars
GBX 6,770
+0.4%
GBX 8,130
+20.1%
+9,121.0%£30.77B£20.88B2,026.9527,600News Coverage
CCH
Coca-Cola HBC
3.6443 of 5 stars
GBX 3,394
-3.1%
GBX 4,104.50
+20.9%
+22.9%£12.34B£11.20B1,352.1932,700News Coverage
BVIC
Britvic
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.28B£1.83B25.414,430
PFD
Premier Foods
2.9834 of 5 stars
GBX 184.99
-3.7%
GBX 255
+37.8%
+1.1%£1.59B£1.15B1,311.954,000Gap Up
High Trading Volume
BAKK
Bakkavor Group
N/AGBX 211
-0.9%
GBX 170
-19.4%
+36.6%£1.22B£2.30B2,221.0518,000News Coverage
GNC
Greencore Group
N/AGBX 223.50
-2.2%
N/A+26.4%£988.87M£1.86B22.5313,602Dividend Cut
DCG
Dairy Crest Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£958.60M£461.60M22.081,100
MPE
M.P. Evans Group
1.7338 of 5 stars
GBX 1,350
-0.4%
GBX 1,650
+22.2%
+37.9%£704.38M£368.55M817.6912,800

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This page (LON:NICL) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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