FMX vs. KOF, CHSCP, JVA, TKLF, REED, FIZZ, COKE, CELH, CCEP, and MNST
Should you be buying Fomento Económico Mexicano stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fomento Económico Mexicano include Coca-Cola FEMSA (KOF), CHS (CHSCP), Coffee (JVA), Yoshitsu (TKLF), Reed's (REED), National Beverage (FIZZ), Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE), Celsius (CELH), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), and Monster Beverage (MNST). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Fomento Económico Mexicano (NYSE:FMX) and Coca-Cola FEMSA (NYSE:KOF) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, Coca-Cola FEMSA had 1 more articles in the media than Fomento Económico Mexicano. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Coca-Cola FEMSA and 3 mentions for Fomento Económico Mexicano. Coca-Cola FEMSA's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Fomento Económico Mexicano's score of -0.03 indicating that Coca-Cola FEMSA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Coca-Cola FEMSA received 29 more outperform votes than Fomento Económico Mexicano when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.77% of users gave Fomento Económico Mexicano an outperform vote while only 56.22% of users gave Coca-Cola FEMSA an outperform vote.
Fomento Económico Mexicano has a net margin of 8.53% compared to Coca-Cola FEMSA's net margin of 7.94%. Coca-Cola FEMSA's return on equity of 15.49% beat Fomento Económico Mexicano's return on equity.
Fomento Económico Mexicano has higher revenue and earnings than Coca-Cola FEMSA. Fomento Económico Mexicano is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coca-Cola FEMSA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fomento Económico Mexicano pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Coca-Cola FEMSA pays an annual dividend of $2.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Fomento Económico Mexicano pays out 17.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coca-Cola FEMSA pays out 56.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Fomento Económico Mexicano has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola FEMSA has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fomento Económico Mexicano currently has a consensus target price of $135.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.21%. Coca-Cola FEMSA has a consensus target price of $99.61, suggesting a potential upside of 2.47%. Given Fomento Económico Mexicano's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fomento Económico Mexicano is more favorable than Coca-Cola FEMSA.
Summary
Coca-Cola FEMSA beats Fomento Económico Mexicano on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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