Zevia PBC (ZVIA) Competitors

Zevia PBC (NYSE:ZVIA) and Coca-Cola FEMSA (NYSE:KOF) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Do analysts recommend ZVIA or KOF?

Zevia PBC presently has a consensus target price of $2.58, suggesting a potential upside of 10.64%. Coca-Cola FEMSA has a consensus target price of $104.75, suggesting a potential upside of 12.29%. Given Coca-Cola FEMSA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Coca-Cola FEMSA is more favorable than Zevia PBC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zevia PBC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Coca-Cola FEMSA	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ZVIA or KOF?

Coca-Cola FEMSA has higher revenue and earnings than Zevia PBC. Zevia PBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coca-Cola FEMSA, 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
Zevia PBC	$155.05M	1.11	-$21.49M	-$0.33	-7.08
Coca-Cola FEMSA	$286.15B	0.55	$1.16B	$5.96	15.65

Does the media favor ZVIA or KOF?

In the previous week, Coca-Cola FEMSA had 8 more articles in the media than Zevia PBC. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Coca-Cola FEMSA and 1 mentions for Zevia PBC. Zevia PBC's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Coca-Cola FEMSA's score of 1.04 indicating that Zevia PBC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Zevia PBC	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Coca-Cola FEMSA	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ZVIA or KOF more profitable?

Coca-Cola FEMSA has a net margin of 8.12% compared to Zevia PBC's net margin of -14.02%. Coca-Cola FEMSA's return on equity of 15.99% beat Zevia PBC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zevia PBC	-14.02%	-38.02%	-25.67%
Coca-Cola FEMSA	8.12%	15.99%	7.55%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ZVIA or KOF?

Coca-Cola FEMSA received 355 more outperform votes than Zevia PBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.72% of users gave Coca-Cola FEMSA an outperform vote while only 29.41% of users gave Zevia PBC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zevia PBC	Outperform Votes 15 29.41%	Underperform Votes 36 70.59%
Coca-Cola FEMSA	Outperform Votes 370 57.72%	Underperform Votes 271 42.28%

Which has more volatility and risk, ZVIA or KOF?

Zevia PBC has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola FEMSA has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ZVIA or KOF?

53.2% of Zevia PBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.6% of Zevia PBC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Coca-Cola FEMSA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Coca-Cola FEMSA beats Zevia PBC on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.