Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

Is KDP or BUD a better dividend stock?

Keurig Dr Pepper pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays an annual dividend of $0.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 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 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Keurig Dr Pepper has increased 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.

Is KDP or BUD more profitable?

Keurig Dr Pepper has a net margin of 15.04% compared to Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's net margin of 10.98%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's return on equity of 15.29% beat Keurig Dr Pepper's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Keurig Dr Pepper	15.04%	10.45%	4.99%
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV	10.98%	15.29%	6.47%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of KDP or BUD?

94.0% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, KDP or BUD?

Keurig Dr Pepper has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, KDP or BUD?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Keurig Dr Pepper	$15.52B	2.94	$2.18B	$1.10	30.49
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV	$58.85B	2.06	$5.34B	$3.45	19.56

Does the media prefer KDP or BUD?

In the previous week, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV had 14 more articles in the media than Keurig Dr Pepper. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV and 18 mentions for Keurig Dr Pepper. Keurig Dr Pepper's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's score of 0.74 indicating that Keurig Dr Pepper is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Keurig Dr Pepper	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KDP or BUD?

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV received 682 more outperform votes than Keurig Dr Pepper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.39% of users gave Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV an outperform vote while only 49.53% of users gave Keurig Dr Pepper an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Keurig Dr Pepper	Outperform Votes 53 49.53%	Underperform Votes 54 50.47%
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV	Outperform Votes 735 65.39%	Underperform Votes 389 34.61%

Do analysts recommend KDP or BUD?

Keurig Dr Pepper presently has a consensus target price of $39.33, indicating a potential upside of 17.27%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a consensus target price of $71.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.94%. Given Keurig Dr Pepper's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Keurig Dr Pepper is more favorable than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Keurig Dr Pepper	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10

Summary

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV beats Keurig Dr Pepper on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.