Diageo (NYSE:DEO) Vs. KO, PEP, KDP, STZ.B, STZ, ABEV, NAPA, VWE, COCO, and BTTR
Should you be buying Diageo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diageo include Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Constellation Brands (STZ.B), Constellation Brands (STZ), Ambev (ABEV), Duckhorn Portfolio (NAPA), Vintage Wine Estates (VWE), Vita Coco (COCO), and Better Choice (BTTR). These companies are all part of the "beverages" industry.
Diageo vs.
Diageo (NYSE:DEO) and PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
PepsiCo has a net margin of 10.62% compared to Diageo's net margin of 0.00%. PepsiCo's return on equity of 58.31% beat Diageo's return on equity.
9.2% of Diageo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of PepsiCo shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of PepsiCo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Diageo pays an annual dividend of $4.83 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. PepsiCo pays an annual dividend of $4.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. PepsiCo pays out 73.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
PepsiCo has higher revenue and earnings than Diageo.
Diageo presently has a consensus price target of $208.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.58%. PepsiCo has a consensus price target of $165.07, suggesting a potential downside of 5.11%. Given Diageo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Diageo is more favorable than PepsiCo.
PepsiCo received 792 more outperform votes than Diageo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.90% of users gave PepsiCo an outperform vote while only 66.04% of users gave Diageo an outperform vote.
In the previous week, PepsiCo had 12 more articles in the media than Diageo. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for PepsiCo and 1 mentions for Diageo. Diageo's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat PepsiCo's score of 0.50 indicating that Diageo is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Diageo has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PepsiCo has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PepsiCo beats Diageo on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment >-1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Diageo (NYSE:DEO) vs. Its Competitors
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