KDP vs. KHC, STZ, CHD, DEO, WVVI, SHOTW, PPC, POST, NAPA, and BRCC
Should you be buying Keurig Dr Pepper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Keurig Dr Pepper include Kraft Heinz (KHC), Constellation Brands (STZ), Church & Dwight (CHD), Diageo (DEO), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Safety Shot (SHOTW), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Post (POST), Duckhorn Portfolio (NAPA), and BRC (BRCC).
Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) and Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.
Keurig Dr Pepper has a net margin of 14.72% compared to Keurig Dr Pepper's net margin of 10.72%. Kraft Heinz's return on equity of 9.93% beat Keurig Dr Pepper's return on equity.
Kraft Heinz pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Keurig Dr Pepper pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Kraft Heinz pays out 69.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Keurig Dr Pepper pays out 55.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Keurig Dr Pepper has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Kraft Heinz had 3 more articles in the media than Keurig Dr Pepper. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Kraft Heinz and 11 mentions for Keurig Dr Pepper. Kraft Heinz's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Keurig Dr Pepper's score of 0.84 indicating that Keurig Dr Pepper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kraft Heinz received 604 more outperform votes than Keurig Dr Pepper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.28% of users gave Kraft Heinz an outperform vote while only 33.85% of users gave Keurig Dr Pepper an outperform vote.
Kraft Heinz has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keurig Dr Pepper has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kraft Heinz presently has a consensus price target of $40.57, indicating a potential upside of 5.19%. Keurig Dr Pepper has a consensus price target of $36.45, indicating a potential upside of 12.72%. Given Kraft Heinz's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Keurig Dr Pepper is more favorable than Kraft Heinz.
78.2% of Kraft Heinz shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Kraft Heinz shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kraft Heinz has higher revenue and earnings than Keurig Dr Pepper. Kraft Heinz 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
Keurig Dr Pepper beats Kraft Heinz on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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