KDP vs. BUD, DEO, ABEV, CCU, COCO, WEST, BRCC, WVVI, BLNE, and IBG
Should you be buying Keurig Dr Pepper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Keurig Dr Pepper include Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Diageo (DEO), Ambev (ABEV), Compania Cervecerias Unidas (CCU), Vita Coco (COCO), Westrock Coffee (WEST), BRC (BRCC), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Beeline (BLNE), and Innovation Beverage Group (IBG). These companies are all part of the "beer & liquor" industry.
Keurig Dr Pepper vs. Its Competitors
Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP) and Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE:BUD) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and profitability.
94.0% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Keurig Dr Pepper pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Keurig Dr Pepper pays out 83.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays out 24.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Keurig Dr Pepper has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Keurig Dr Pepper is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has higher revenue and earnings than Keurig Dr Pepper. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Keurig Dr Pepper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Keurig Dr Pepper has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a net margin of 11.74% compared to Keurig Dr Pepper's net margin of 9.69%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's return on equity of 16.09% beat Keurig Dr Pepper's return on equity.
In the previous week, Keurig Dr Pepper had 16 more articles in the media than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Keurig Dr Pepper and 8 mentions for Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV. Keurig Dr Pepper's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's score of 0.73 indicating that Keurig Dr Pepper is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Keurig Dr Pepper currently has a consensus price target of $39.92, suggesting a potential upside of 20.76%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a consensus price target of $71.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.05%. Given Keurig Dr Pepper's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Keurig Dr Pepper is more favorable than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV.
Summary
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV beats Keurig Dr Pepper on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KDP) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff