Vita Coco (COCO) Competitors

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas (NYSE:CCU) and Vita Coco (NASDAQ:COCO) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CCU or COCO?

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas has higher revenue and earnings than Vita Coco. Compañía Cervecerías Unidas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vita Coco, 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
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas	$2.98T	0.00	$126.78M	$0.94	14.11
Vita Coco	$535.24M	3.54	$46.63M	$1.01	33.05

Do analysts recommend CCU or COCO?

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas currently has a consensus target price of $9.70, indicating a potential downside of 26.85%. Vita Coco has a consensus target price of $35.88, indicating a potential upside of 7.46%. Given Vita Coco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vita Coco is more favorable than Compañía Cervecerías Unidas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33
Vita Coco	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Is CCU or COCO more profitable?

Vita Coco has a net margin of 11.99% compared to Compañía Cervecerías Unidas' net margin of 5.14%. Vita Coco's return on equity of 26.49% beat Compañía Cervecerías Unidas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas	5.14%	7.05%	2.90%
Vita Coco	11.99%	26.49%	18.98%

Does the media refer more to CCU or COCO?

In the previous week, Vita Coco had 1 more articles in the media than Compañía Cervecerías Unidas. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Vita Coco and 3 mentions for Compañía Cervecerías Unidas. Compañía Cervecerías Unidas' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Vita Coco's score of 0.27 indicating that Compañía Cervecerías Unidas is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Vita Coco	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CCU or COCO?

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas received 297 more outperform votes than Vita Coco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.23% of users gave Compañía Cervecerías Unidas an outperform vote while only 61.67% of users gave Vita Coco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas	Outperform Votes 334 64.23%	Underperform Votes 186 35.77%
Vita Coco	Outperform Votes 37 61.67%	Underperform Votes 23 38.33%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CCU or COCO?

24.1% of Compañía Cervecerías Unidas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Vita Coco shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Compañía Cervecerías Unidas shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of Vita Coco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, CCU or COCO?

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vita Coco has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Vita Coco beats Compañía Cervecerías Unidas on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.