Compania Cervecerias Unidas (CCU) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend CCU or COCO?

Compania Cervecerias Unidas presently has a consensus price target of $9.40, indicating a potential downside of 23.91%. Vita Coco has a consensus price target of $38.29, indicating a potential upside of 12.80%. Given Vita Coco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

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%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, 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	0.74	$177.04M	$0.85	14.53
Vita Coco	$516.01M	3.74	$55.95M	$1.07	31.72

Which has more volatility & risk, CCU or COCO?

Compania Cervecerias Unidas has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vita Coco has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CCU or COCO?

In the previous week, Vita Coco had 7 more articles in the media than Compania Cervecerias Unidas. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Vita Coco and 0 mentions for Compania Cervecerias Unidas. Compania Cervecerias Unidas' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Vita Coco's score of 0.84 indicating that Compania Cervecerias Unidas is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	Positive
Vita Coco	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CCU or COCO?

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

Summary

Vita Coco beats Compania Cervecerias Unidas on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.