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KO vs. PEP, MNST, COKE, FIZZ, DEO, KDP, ABEV, STZ, BF.B, and COCO

Should you be buying Coca-Cola stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coca-Cola include PepsiCo (PEP), Monster Beverage (MNST), Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE), National Beverage (FIZZ), Diageo (DEO), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Ambev (ABEV), Constellation Brands (STZ), Brown-Forman (BF.B), and Vita Coco (COCO). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.

Coca-Cola vs.

Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) and PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Coca-Cola has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PepsiCo has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Coca-Cola has a net margin of 22.59% compared to PepsiCo's net margin of 10.43%. PepsiCo's return on equity of 58.87% beat Coca-Cola's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Coca-Cola22.59% 45.37% 12.24%
PepsiCo 10.43%58.87%11.28%

Coca-Cola pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. PepsiCo pays an annual dividend of $5.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Coca-Cola pays out 81.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PepsiCo pays out 83.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Coca-Cola has raised its dividend for 64 consecutive years and PepsiCo has raised its dividend for 54 consecutive years.

In the previous week, PepsiCo had 1 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for PepsiCo and 67 mentions for Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat PepsiCo's score of 0.93 indicating that Coca-Cola is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Coca-Cola
41 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PepsiCo
43 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Coca-Cola has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PepsiCo. PepsiCo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coca-Cola, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Coca-Cola$46.89B6.61$10.63B$2.5028.80
PepsiCo$91.52B1.98$9.58B$6.8019.41

Coca-Cola received 96 more outperform votes than PepsiCo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.28% of users gave Coca-Cola an outperform vote while only 67.15% of users gave PepsiCo an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Coca-ColaOutperform Votes
1216
68.28%
Underperform Votes
565
31.72%
PepsiCoOutperform Votes
1120
67.15%
Underperform Votes
548
32.85%

70.3% of Coca-Cola shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of PepsiCo shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Coca-Cola shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PepsiCo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Coca-Cola presently has a consensus price target of $75.59, suggesting a potential upside of 4.97%. PepsiCo has a consensus price target of $160.69, suggesting a potential upside of 21.75%. Given PepsiCo's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PepsiCo is more favorable than Coca-Cola.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Coca-Cola
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.05
PepsiCo
1 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.16

Summary

Coca-Cola beats PepsiCo on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KO vs. The Competition

MetricCoca-ColaBeverages IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$309.93B$54.36B$17.50B$19.68B
Dividend Yield2.96%2.66%3.06%3.88%
P/E Ratio29.1517.7916.8035.47
Price / Sales6.6121.324.3735.54
Price / Cash22.2921.9616.3917.51
Price / Book11.775.096.214.78
Net Income$10.63B$2.72B$740.12M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.96%-2.37%2.13%3.50%
1 Month Performance-1.35%-1.55%5.44%10.72%
1 Year Performance14.24%-17.27%-3.19%5.37%

Coca-Cola Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KO
Coca-Cola
4.164 of 5 stars
$72.01
+0.6%
$75.59
+5.0%
+13.7%$309.93B$46.89B29.1582,500Trending News
Analyst Revision
PEP
PepsiCo
4.3879 of 5 stars
$131.40
+0.7%
$160.69
+22.3%
-27.9%$179.79B$91.52B18.87315,000Trending News
MNST
Monster Beverage
3.5835 of 5 stars
$60.75
-0.4%
$60.17
-1.0%
+16.2%$59.10B$7.45B38.854,090Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
COKE
Coca-Cola Consolidated
0.7827 of 5 stars
$1,176.86
+2.1%
N/A+26.1%$10.26B$6.89B16.8517,000News Coverage
FIZZ
National Beverage
0.9966 of 5 stars
$43.84
+0.7%
$41.00
-6.5%
-5.4%$4.09B$1.19B21.951,580Positive News
DEO
Diageo
2.793 of 5 stars
$114.89
-0.4%
$129.00
+12.3%
-19.5%$63.82B$20.21B16.7528,600News Coverage
Positive News
KDP
Keurig Dr Pepper
4.6769 of 5 stars
$33.36
-0.6%
$39.33
+17.9%
-0.9%$45.21B$15.52B20.1728,000Trending News
ABEV
Ambev
1.4509 of 5 stars
$2.51
-1.0%
$2.70
+7.8%
+7.1%$39.47B$89.45B13.9252,000Dividend Cut
STZ
Constellation Brands
4.0049 of 5 stars
$188.63
-0.8%
$225.74
+19.7%
-23.4%$33.54B$10.21B50.6410,000Trending News
Insider Trade
Gap Up
BF.B
Brown-Forman
1.8717 of 5 stars
$35.16
+1.4%
$43.06
+22.5%
-25.8%$16.58B$4.05B16.555,200
COCO
Vita Coco
1.3204 of 5 stars
$32.74
-1.7%
$35.38
+8.0%
+35.6%$1.86B$535.24M33.12280

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This page (NYSE:KO) was last updated on 5/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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