Primo Brands (PRMB) Competitors

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (NASDAQ:CCEP) and Primo Brands (NYSE:PRMB) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CCEP or PRMB?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Primo Brands.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	$20.44B	2.02	$1.81B	$4.86	18.42
Primo Brands	$5.15B	2.43	$238.10M	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer CCEP or PRMB?

In the previous week, Primo Brands had 6 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Primo Brands and 11 mentions for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. Primo Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' score of 0.92 indicating that Primo Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Primo Brands	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CCEP or PRMB?

31.4% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Primo Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.4% of Primo Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCEP or PRMB?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners received 155 more outperform votes than Primo Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Primo Brands an outperform vote while only 60.07% of users gave Coca-Cola Europacific Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	Outperform Votes 164 60.07%	Underperform Votes 109 39.93%
Primo Brands	Outperform Votes 9 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is CCEP or PRMB more profitable?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Primo Brands' net margin of -2.74%. Primo Brands' return on equity of 10.27% beat Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A
Primo Brands	-2.74%	10.27%	4.24%

Do analysts rate CCEP or PRMB?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners currently has a consensus target price of $88.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.16%. Primo Brands has a consensus target price of $41.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.91%. Given Primo Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Primo Brands is more favorable than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Primo Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CCEP or PRMB a better dividend stock?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Primo Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility & risk, CCEP or PRMB?

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primo Brands has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Primo Brands beats Coca-Cola Europacific Partners on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.