Vita Coco (COCO) Competitors

Vita Coco (NASDAQ:COCO) and PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of COCO or PEP?

88.5% of Vita Coco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of PepsiCo shares are held by institutional investors. 34.2% of Vita Coco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PepsiCo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, COCO or PEP?

Vita Coco has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PepsiCo has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, COCO or PEP?

PepsiCo has higher revenue and earnings than Vita Coco. PepsiCo 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
Vita Coco	$516.01M	3.56	$55.95M	$1.07	30.25
PepsiCo	$91.85B	2.19	$9.58B	$5.49	26.75

Does the media refer more to COCO or PEP?

In the previous week, PepsiCo had 73 more articles in the media than Vita Coco. MarketBeat recorded 78 mentions for PepsiCo and 5 mentions for Vita Coco. PepsiCo's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Vita Coco's score of 0.87 indicating that PepsiCo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vita Coco	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PepsiCo	64 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is COCO or PEP more profitable?

Vita Coco has a net margin of 11.50% compared to PepsiCo's net margin of 8.23%. PepsiCo's return on equity of 57.81% beat Vita Coco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vita Coco	11.50%	24.99%	17.84%
PepsiCo	8.23%	57.81%	10.63%

Do analysts rate COCO or PEP?

Vita Coco currently has a consensus target price of $38.29, suggesting a potential upside of 18.28%. PepsiCo has a consensus target price of $158.73, suggesting a potential upside of 8.08%. Given Vita Coco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vita Coco is more favorable than PepsiCo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vita Coco	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
PepsiCo	1 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.16

Summary

Vita Coco beats PepsiCo on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.