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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in 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. 32.3% 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, COCO or CCU?

Vita Coco has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compania Cervecerias Unidas has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor COCO or CCU?

In the previous week, Vita Coco had 19 more articles in the media than Compania Cervecerias Unidas. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Vita Coco and 0 mentions for Compania Cervecerias Unidas. Vita Coco's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Compania Cervecerias Unidas' score of 0.00 indicating that Vita Coco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Vita Coco	Neutral
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	Neutral

Is COCO or CCU 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
Vita Coco	11.50%	24.99%	17.84%
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	4.93%	9.01%	3.87%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	$559.88M	4.32	$55.95M	$1.07	39.74
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	$3.08B	0.70	$177.04M	$0.85	13.70

Do analysts recommend COCO or CCU?

Vita Coco currently has a consensus price target of $39.75, indicating a potential downside of 6.51%. Compania Cervecerias Unidas has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.14%. Given Vita Coco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Compania Cervecerias Unidas	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Summary

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