COKE vs. FIZZ, KO, PEP, MNST, FMX, KDP, PRMB, CHA, COCO, and WEST
Should you be buying Coca-Cola Consolidated stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coca-Cola Consolidated include National Beverage (FIZZ), CocaCola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Monster Beverage (MNST), Fomento Economico Mexicano (FMX), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Primo Brands (PRMB), Chagee (CHA), Vita Coco (COCO), and Westrock Coffee (WEST). These companies are all part of the "beverages - soft" industry.
Coca-Cola Consolidated vs. Its Competitors
Coca-Cola Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) and National Beverage (NASDAQ:FIZZ) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, Coca-Cola Consolidated had 6 more articles in the media than National Beverage. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Coca-Cola Consolidated and 2 mentions for National Beverage. Coca-Cola Consolidated's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat National Beverage's score of -0.49 indicating that Coca-Cola Consolidated is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Coca-Cola Consolidated has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Beverage has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
48.2% of Coca-Cola Consolidated shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of National Beverage shares are held by institutional investors. 74.7% of National Beverage shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
National Beverage has a consensus price target of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.55%. Given National Beverage's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe National Beverage is more favorable than Coca-Cola Consolidated.
National Beverage has a net margin of 15.45% compared to Coca-Cola Consolidated's net margin of 8.43%. Coca-Cola Consolidated's return on equity of 44.91% beat National Beverage's return on equity.
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.
Summary
Coca-Cola Consolidated beats National Beverage on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding COKE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:COKE) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
