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KO vs. MNST, PEP, AXP, BRK.A, BRK.B, CVX, JNJ, MCD, OXY, and PG

Should you be buying CocaCola stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CocaCola include Monster Beverage (MNST), PepsiCo (PEP), American Express (AXP), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Chevron (CVX), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), McDonald's (MCD), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), and Procter & Gamble (PG).

CocaCola vs. Its Competitors

Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNST) and CocaCola (NYSE:KO) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Monster Beverage has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CocaCola has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, CocaCola had 47 more articles in the media than Monster Beverage. MarketBeat recorded 71 mentions for CocaCola and 24 mentions for Monster Beverage. CocaCola's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Monster Beverage's score of 0.83 indicating that CocaCola is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Monster Beverage
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CocaCola
56 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CocaCola has higher revenue and earnings than Monster Beverage. CocaCola is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monster Beverage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Monster Beverage$7.45B7.72$1.51B$1.5238.78
CocaCola$46.89B6.36$10.63B$2.5027.73

CocaCola has a net margin of 23.00% compared to Monster Beverage's net margin of 20.27%. CocaCola's return on equity of 45.49% beat Monster Beverage's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Monster Beverage20.27% 27.46% 20.66%
CocaCola 23.00%45.49%12.18%

Monster Beverage presently has a consensus target price of $61.87, indicating a potential upside of 4.97%. CocaCola has a consensus target price of $76.71, indicating a potential upside of 10.64%. Given CocaCola's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CocaCola is more favorable than Monster Beverage.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Monster Beverage
2 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46
CocaCola
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.06

72.4% of Monster Beverage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of CocaCola shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Monster Beverage shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of CocaCola shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CocaCola beats Monster Beverage on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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.
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KO vs. The Competition

MetricCocaColaBEVERAGES IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$298.43B$43.69B$15.96B$20.56B
Dividend Yield2.92%1.95%3.13%3.64%
P/E Ratio27.7317.4619.5027.18
Price / Sales6.362.4145.8059.70
Price / Cash22.2323.5914.7217.88
Price / Book11.3310.776.024.56
Net Income$10.63B$1.40B$686.37M$995.21M
7 Day Performance-1.40%-3.67%1.25%-0.86%
1 Month Performance-2.27%0.53%2.20%4.16%
1 Year Performance9.34%22.57%4.93%8.88%

CocaCola Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KO
CocaCola
4.4648 of 5 stars
$69.33
-0.2%
$76.71
+10.6%
+9.1%$298.43B$46.89B27.7369,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MNST
Monster Beverage
3.1241 of 5 stars
$59.65
+1.4%
$61.87
+3.7%
+17.4%$58.17B$7.49B39.246,558
PEP
PepsiCo
4.4578 of 5 stars
$135.70
+0.3%
$158.19
+16.6%
-18.5%$186.01B$91.85B19.95319,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AXP
American Express
4.4344 of 5 stars
$320.58
+0.3%
$307.68
-4.0%
+34.4%$224.57B$65.95B22.3875,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
BRK.A
Berkshire Hathaway
0.4478 of 5 stars
$714,974.00
+0.3%
N/A+11.8%$1.03T$415.78B12.70372,000
BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway
1.1065 of 5 stars
$476.75
+0.2%
$520.00
+9.1%
+12.3%$1.03T$371.43B12.70392,400
CVX
Chevron
4.4776 of 5 stars
$152.32
-1.9%
$161.65
+6.1%
-2.4%$265.87B$202.79B17.4045,298Positive News
Analyst Forecast
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
4.9385 of 5 stars
$156.46
-0.3%
$171.00
+9.3%
+4.7%$376.24B$89.33B17.39138,100Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
MCD
McDonald's
4.5744 of 5 stars
$300.76
+0.3%
$319.48
+6.2%
+18.9%$214.97B$25.92B26.53150,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
OXY
Occidental Petroleum
4.8342 of 5 stars
$45.18
-2.4%
$53.62
+18.7%
-26.2%$44.46B$27.55B18.3613,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PG
Procter & Gamble
4.7983 of 5 stars
$154.06
-1.9%
$177.45
+15.2%
-7.7%$360.83B$83.93B24.43108,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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