Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) Competitors

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (NASDAQ:CCEP) and Coca-Cola FEMSA (NYSE:KOF) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Is CCEP or KOF more profitable?

Coca-Cola FEMSA has a net margin of 8.12% compared to Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' net margin of 0.00%. Coca-Cola FEMSA's return on equity of 15.99% beat Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A
Coca-Cola FEMSA	8.12%	15.99%	7.55%

Does the media favor CCEP or KOF?

In the previous week, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners had 14 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola FEMSA. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and 7 mentions for Coca-Cola FEMSA. Coca-Cola FEMSA's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' score of 1.18 indicating that Coca-Cola FEMSA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Coca-Cola FEMSA	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CCEP or KOF?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Coca-Cola FEMSA. Coca-Cola FEMSA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	$20.44B	1.99	$1.81B	$4.86	18.19
Coca-Cola FEMSA	$286.15B	0.55	$1.16B	$5.96	15.64

Which has more risk & volatility, CCEP or KOF?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola FEMSA has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCEP or KOF?

Coca-Cola FEMSA received 207 more outperform votes than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.07% of users gave Coca-Cola Europacific Partners an outperform vote while only 57.79% of users gave Coca-Cola FEMSA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	Outperform Votes 164 60.07%	Underperform Votes 109 39.93%
Coca-Cola FEMSA	Outperform Votes 371 57.79%	Underperform Votes 271 42.21%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CCEP or KOF?

31.4% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Coca-Cola FEMSA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CCEP or KOF a better dividend stock?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Coca-Cola FEMSA pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coca-Cola FEMSA pays out 13.8% 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.

Do analysts recommend CCEP or KOF?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners presently has a consensus price target of $88.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.10%. Coca-Cola FEMSA has a consensus price target of $106.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.29%. Given Coca-Cola FEMSA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Coca-Cola FEMSA is more favorable than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Coca-Cola FEMSA	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners beats Coca-Cola FEMSA on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.