Compania Cervecerias Unidas (CCU) Competitors

Vita Coco (NASDAQ:COCO) and Compania Cervecerias Unidas (NYSE:CCU) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Which has more risk and volatility, COCO or CCU?

Vita Coco has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compania Cervecerias Unidas has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, COCO or CCU?

Compania Cervecerias Unidas has higher revenue and earnings than Vita Coco. Compania Cervecerias Unidas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vita Coco, 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
Vita Coco	$516.01M	4.05	$55.95M	$1.01	36.49
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	$3.08B	0.70	$177.04M	$0.94	12.44

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of COCO or CCU?

88.5% of Vita Coco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.1% of Compania Cervecerias Unidas shares are held by institutional investors. 34.2% of Vita Coco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Compania Cervecerias Unidas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is COCO or CCU more profitable?

Vita Coco has a net margin of 11.32% compared to Compania Cervecerias Unidas' net margin of 5.56%. Vita Coco's return on equity of 25.08% beat Compania Cervecerias Unidas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vita Coco	11.32%	25.08%	18.00%
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	5.56%	8.83%	3.73%

Do analysts rate COCO or CCU?

Vita Coco currently has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.11%. Compania Cervecerias Unidas has a consensus price target of $9.70, indicating a potential downside of 17.02%. Given Vita Coco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Vita Coco is more favorable than Compania Cervecerias Unidas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vita Coco	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33

Does the media prefer COCO or CCU?

In the previous week, Vita Coco had 2 more articles in the media than Compania Cervecerias Unidas. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Vita Coco and 5 mentions for Compania Cervecerias Unidas. Vita Coco's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Compania Cervecerias Unidas' score of 0.00 indicating that Vita Coco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vita Coco	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Vita Coco beats Compania Cervecerias Unidas on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.