Compania Cervecerias Unidas (CCU) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CCU or COCO?

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

Is CCU or COCO more profitable?

Vita Coco has a net margin of 11.50% compared to Compania Cervecerias Unidas' net margin of 4.93%. Vita Coco's return on equity of 24.99% beat Compania Cervecerias Unidas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	4.93%	9.01%	3.87%
Vita Coco	11.50%	24.99%	17.84%

Do analysts prefer CCU or COCO?

Compania Cervecerias Unidas presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential downside of 17.93%. Vita Coco has a consensus price target of $38.38, indicating a potential downside of 3.56%. Given Vita Coco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vita Coco is more favorable than Compania Cervecerias Unidas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Vita Coco	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Which has more risk & volatility, CCU or COCO?

Compania Cervecerias Unidas has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vita Coco has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CCU or COCO?

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
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	$3.08B	0.73	$177.04M	$0.85	14.34
Vita Coco	$516.01M	4.38	$55.95M	$1.07	37.19

Does the media prefer CCU or COCO?

In the previous week, Vita Coco had 11 more articles in the media than Compania Cervecerias Unidas. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Vita Coco and 4 mentions for Compania Cervecerias Unidas. Vita Coco's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Compania Cervecerias Unidas' score of 0.34 indicating that Vita Coco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Vita Coco	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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