Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COKE or FIZZ?

Coca-Cola Consolidated received 25 more outperform votes than National Beverage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.23% of users gave Coca-Cola Consolidated an outperform vote while only 59.91% of users gave National Beverage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coca-Cola Consolidated	Outperform Votes 282 63.23%	Underperform Votes 164 36.77%
National Beverage	Outperform Votes 257 59.91%	Underperform Votes 172 40.09%

Is COKE or FIZZ more profitable?

National Beverage has a net margin of 15.63% compared to Coca-Cola Consolidated's net margin of 9.18%. Coca-Cola Consolidated's return on equity of 49.88% beat National Beverage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coca-Cola Consolidated	9.18%	49.88%	13.37%
National Beverage	15.63%	42.80%	28.91%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, COKE or FIZZ?

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
Coca-Cola Consolidated	$6.89B	1.44	$408.38M	$64.06	17.76
National Beverage	$1.19B	3.58	$176.73M	$1.99	22.77

Which has more risk & volatility, COKE or FIZZ?

Coca-Cola Consolidated has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Beverage has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend COKE or FIZZ?

National Beverage has a consensus price target of $41.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.53%. Given National Beverage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe National Beverage is more favorable than Coca-Cola Consolidated.

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of COKE or FIZZ?

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

Does the media prefer COKE or FIZZ?

In the previous week, Coca-Cola Consolidated had 4 more articles in the media than National Beverage. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Coca-Cola Consolidated and 3 mentions for National Beverage. National Beverage's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Coca-Cola Consolidated's score of 0.13 indicating that National Beverage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coca-Cola Consolidated	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
National Beverage	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Coca-Cola Consolidated beats National Beverage on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.