KDP vs. BUD, DEO, ABEV, CCU, COCO, WEST, BRCC, WVVI, BLNE, and CASK
Should you be buying Keurig Dr Pepper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Keurig Dr Pepper include Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Diageo (DEO), Ambev (ABEV), Compañía Cervecerías Unidas (CCU), Vita Coco (COCO), Westrock Coffee (WEST), BRC (BRCC), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Eastside Distilling (BLNE), and Heritage Distilling (CASK). These companies are all part of the "beer & liquor" industry.
Keurig Dr Pepper vs. Its Competitors
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE:BUD) and Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Keurig Dr Pepper pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays out 24.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Keurig Dr Pepper pays out 83.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Keurig Dr Pepper has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Keurig Dr Pepper is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV currently has a consensus target price of $71.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.28%. Keurig Dr Pepper has a consensus target price of $39.33, indicating a potential upside of 18.69%. Given Keurig Dr Pepper's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Keurig Dr Pepper is more favorable than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV received 683 more outperform votes than Keurig Dr Pepper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.36% of users gave Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV an outperform vote while only 49.53% of users gave Keurig Dr Pepper an outperform vote.
5.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Keurig Dr Pepper has a net margin of 15.04% compared to Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's net margin of 10.98%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's return on equity of 15.29% beat Keurig Dr Pepper's return on equity.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keurig Dr Pepper has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Keurig Dr Pepper had 11 more articles in the media than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Keurig Dr Pepper and 9 mentions for Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV. Keurig Dr Pepper's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's score of 0.79 indicating that Keurig Dr Pepper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has higher revenue and earnings than Keurig Dr Pepper. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Keurig Dr Pepper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV beats Keurig Dr Pepper on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KDP) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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