Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) Competitors

National Beverage (NASDAQ:FIZZ) and Coca-Cola Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Which has more risk and volatility, FIZZ or COKE?

National Beverage has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola Consolidated has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate FIZZ or COKE?

National Beverage presently has a consensus target price of $45.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.74%. Given National Beverage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe National Beverage is more favorable than Coca-Cola Consolidated.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Beverage	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Coca-Cola Consolidated	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, FIZZ or COKE?

Coca-Cola Consolidated has higher revenue and earnings than National Beverage. Coca-Cola Consolidated is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Beverage, 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
National Beverage	$1.20B	3.64	$186.82M	$2.00	23.38
Coca-Cola Consolidated	$6.90B	1.50	$633.12M	$6.70	17.80

Does the media favor FIZZ or COKE?

In the previous week, Coca-Cola Consolidated had 1 more articles in the media than National Beverage. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Coca-Cola Consolidated and 5 mentions for National Beverage. Coca-Cola Consolidated's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat National Beverage's score of 1.35 indicating that Coca-Cola Consolidated is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
National Beverage	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Coca-Cola Consolidated	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is FIZZ or COKE more profitable?

National Beverage has a net margin of 15.55% compared to Coca-Cola Consolidated's net margin of 8.43%. National Beverage's return on equity of 49.48% beat Coca-Cola Consolidated's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Beverage	15.55%	49.48%	31.84%
Coca-Cola Consolidated	8.43%	44.91%	12.16%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FIZZ or COKE?

24.0% of National Beverage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of Coca-Cola Consolidated shares are held by institutional investors. 74.8% of National Beverage shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

National Beverage beats Coca-Cola Consolidated on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.