Primo Brands (PRMB) Competitors

Fomento Economico Mexicano (NYSE:FMX) and Primo Brands (NYSE:PRMB) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FMX or PRMB?

61.0% of Fomento Economico Mexicano shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Primo Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Fomento Economico Mexicano shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 58.4% of Primo Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FMX or PRMB more profitable?

Fomento Economico Mexicano has a net margin of 2.60% compared to Primo Brands' net margin of -1.86%. Primo Brands' return on equity of 8.35% beat Fomento Economico Mexicano's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fomento Economico Mexicano	2.60%	5.32%	2.31%
Primo Brands	-1.86%	8.35%	2.68%

Is FMX or PRMB a better dividend stock?

Fomento Economico Mexicano pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Primo Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Fomento Economico Mexicano pays out 74.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Primo Brands pays out -500.0% 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.

Do analysts rate FMX or PRMB?

Fomento Economico Mexicano currently has a consensus price target of $107.45, suggesting a potential upside of 19.68%. Primo Brands has a consensus price target of $40.70, suggesting a potential upside of 45.62%. Given Primo Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Primo Brands is more favorable than Fomento Economico Mexicano.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fomento Economico Mexicano	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Primo Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor FMX or PRMB?

In the previous week, Fomento Economico Mexicano had 6 more articles in the media than Primo Brands. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Fomento Economico Mexicano and 6 mentions for Primo Brands. Primo Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Fomento Economico Mexicano's score of 0.15 indicating that Primo Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fomento Economico Mexicano	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Primo Brands	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, FMX or PRMB?

Fomento Economico Mexicano has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primo Brands has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FMX or PRMB?

Fomento Economico Mexicano has higher revenue and earnings than Primo Brands. Primo Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fomento Economico Mexicano, 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
Fomento Economico Mexicano	$42.88B	0.75	$1.28B	$2.94	30.54
Primo Brands	$5.15B	2.04	-$16.40M	-$0.08	-349.38

Summary

Primo Brands beats Fomento Economico Mexicano on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.