ABEV vs. DEO, STZ, KDP, BF.B, COCO, BRCC, NAPA, WEST, WVVI, and VWE
Should you be buying Ambev stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ambev include Diageo (DEO), Constellation Brands (STZ), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Brown-Forman (BF.B), Vita Coco (COCO), BRC (BRCC), Duckhorn Portfolio (NAPA), Westrock Coffee (WEST), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), and Vintage Wine Estates (VWE). These companies are all part of the "beverages" industry.
Ambev (NYSE:ABEV) and Diageo (NYSE:DEO) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Ambev has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diageo has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ambev received 82 more outperform votes than Diageo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.55% of users gave Ambev an outperform vote while only 59.15% of users gave Diageo an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Diageo had 5 more articles in the media than Ambev. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Diageo and 5 mentions for Ambev. Diageo's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Ambev's score of 0.34 indicating that Diageo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ambev currently has a consensus price target of $2.68, indicating a potential upside of 27.01%. Diageo has a consensus price target of $166.37, indicating a potential upside of 25.62%. Given Ambev's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ambev is more favorable than Diageo.
8.1% of Ambev shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.0% of Diageo shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ambev pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. Diageo pays an annual dividend of $3.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Ambev pays out 136.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Ambev has a net margin of 18.25% compared to Diageo's net margin of 0.00%. Ambev's return on equity of 17.53% beat Diageo's return on equity.
Diageo has higher revenue and earnings than Ambev.
Summary
Ambev beats Diageo on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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