ABEV vs. KDP, STZ, BF.B, DEO, SYY, KVUE, HSY, GIS, CTVA, and KMB
Should you be buying Ambev stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ambev include Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Constellation Brands (STZ), Brown-Forman (BF.B), Diageo (DEO), Sysco (SYY), Kenvue (KVUE), Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Corteva (CTVA), and Kimberly-Clark (KMB). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Ambev (NYSE:ABEV) and Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Ambev pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Keurig Dr Pepper pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Ambev pays out 144.4% 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 pays out 55.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Ambev has higher revenue and earnings than Keurig Dr Pepper. Ambev 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.
Ambev currently has a consensus price target of $3.20, indicating a potential upside of 41.91%. Keurig Dr Pepper has a consensus price target of $36.45, indicating a potential upside of 18.05%. Given Ambev's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ambev is more favorable than Keurig Dr Pepper.
8.1% of Ambev shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ambev has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keurig Dr Pepper has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ambev received 352 more outperform votes than Keurig Dr Pepper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.52% of users gave Ambev an outperform vote while only 33.85% of users gave Keurig Dr Pepper an outperform vote.
Ambev has a net margin of 18.19% compared to Keurig Dr Pepper's net margin of 14.72%. Ambev's return on equity of 17.60% beat Keurig Dr Pepper's return on equity.
In the previous week, Keurig Dr Pepper had 9 more articles in the media than Ambev. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Keurig Dr Pepper and 4 mentions for Ambev. Keurig Dr Pepper's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Ambev's score of 0.27 indicating that Keurig Dr Pepper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ambev and Keurig Dr Pepper tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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