Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) Competitors

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (NASDAQ:CCEP) and Coca-Cola FEMSA (NYSE:KOF) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CCEP or KOF?

Coca-Cola FEMSA received 208 more outperform votes than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.07% of users gave Coca-Cola Europacific Partners an outperform vote while only 57.85% of users gave Coca-Cola FEMSA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	Outperform Votes 164 60.07%	Underperform Votes 109 39.93%
Coca-Cola FEMSA	Outperform Votes 372 57.85%	Underperform Votes 271 42.15%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CCEP or KOF?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Coca-Cola FEMSA. Coca-Cola FEMSA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, 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 Europacific Partners	$20.44B	2.04	$1.81B	$4.86	18.65
Coca-Cola FEMSA	$286.15B	0.57	$1.16B	$5.96	16.20

Is CCEP or KOF more profitable?

Coca-Cola FEMSA has a net margin of 8.12% compared to Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' net margin of 0.00%. Coca-Cola FEMSA's return on equity of 15.99% beat Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A
Coca-Cola FEMSA	8.12%	15.99%	7.55%

Does the media refer more to CCEP or KOF?

In the previous week, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners had 8 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola FEMSA. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and 7 mentions for Coca-Cola FEMSA. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Coca-Cola FEMSA's score of 0.96 indicating that Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Coca-Cola FEMSA	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CCEP or KOF?

31.4% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Coca-Cola FEMSA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, CCEP or KOF?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola FEMSA has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CCEP or KOF?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners presently has a consensus target price of $88.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.37%. Coca-Cola FEMSA has a consensus target price of $106.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.32%. Given Coca-Cola FEMSA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Coca-Cola FEMSA is more favorable than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Coca-Cola FEMSA	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CCEP or KOF a better dividend stock?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Coca-Cola FEMSA pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coca-Cola FEMSA pays out 13.8% 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.

Summary

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners beats Coca-Cola FEMSA on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.