Compañía Cervecerías Unidas (CCU) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer CCU or COCO?

In the previous week, Vita Coco had 15 more articles in the media than Compañía Cervecerías Unidas. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Vita Coco and 1 mentions for Compañía Cervecerías Unidas. Compañía Cervecerías Unidas' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Vita Coco's score of 1.13 indicating that Compañía Cervecerías Unidas is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vita Coco	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCU or COCO?

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas received 299 more outperform votes than Vita Coco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.23% of users gave Compañía Cervecerías Unidas an outperform vote while only 61.40% of users gave Vita Coco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas	Outperform Votes 334 64.23%	Underperform Votes 186 35.77%
Vita Coco	Outperform Votes 35 61.40%	Underperform Votes 22 38.60%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CCU or COCO?

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas has higher revenue and earnings than Vita Coco. Compañía Cervecerías 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
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas	$2.98T	0.00	$126.78M	$0.94	14.86
Vita Coco	$535.24M	3.89	$46.63M	$1.01	36.32

Which has more risk and volatility, CCU or COCO?

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vita Coco has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CCU or COCO more profitable?

Vita Coco has a net margin of 11.99% compared to Compañía Cervecerías Unidas' net margin of 5.14%. Vita Coco's return on equity of 26.49% beat Compañía Cervecerías Unidas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas	5.14%	7.05%	2.90%
Vita Coco	11.99%	26.49%	18.98%

Do analysts rate CCU or COCO?

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas presently has a consensus target price of $11.03, indicating a potential downside of 21.02%. Vita Coco has a consensus target price of $35.38, indicating a potential downside of 3.57%. Given Vita Coco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vita Coco is more favorable than Compañía Cervecerías Unidas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas	3 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.25
Vita Coco	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CCU or COCO?

24.1% of Compañía Cervecerías Unidas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Vita Coco shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Compañía Cervecerías Unidas shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of Vita Coco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Vita Coco beats Compañía Cervecerías Unidas on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.