National Beverage (FIZZ) Competitors

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

Which has higher 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	$6.65B	1.38	$408.38M	$48.56	20.20
National Beverage	$1.17B	3.68	$142.16M	$1.81	25.53

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in COKE or FIZZ?

Coca-Cola Consolidated received 21 more outperform votes than National Beverage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.90% of users gave Coca-Cola Consolidated an outperform vote while only 60.33% of users gave National Beverage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coca-Cola Consolidated	Outperform Votes 278 62.90%	Underperform Votes 164 37.10%
National Beverage	Outperform Votes 257 60.33%	Underperform Votes 169 39.67%

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. 75.0% 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.

Is COKE or FIZZ more profitable?

National Beverage has a net margin of 14.34% compared to National Beverage's net margin of 6.83%. National Beverage's return on equity of 42.10% beat Coca-Cola Consolidated's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coca-Cola Consolidated	6.83%	42.10%	14.95%
National Beverage	14.34%	38.23%	25.97%

Does the media prefer COKE or FIZZ?

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 1.81 beat National Beverage's score of 0.70 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
National Beverage	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate COKE or FIZZ?

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)	N/A
National Beverage	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, COKE or FIZZ?

Coca-Cola Consolidated has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Beverage has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Coca-Cola Consolidated beats National Beverage on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.