KDP vs. STZ, ABEV, BF.B, DEO, KMB, EL, KHC, HSY, GIS, and CTVA
Should you be buying Keurig Dr Pepper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Keurig Dr Pepper include Constellation Brands (STZ), Ambev (ABEV), Brown-Forman (BF.B), Diageo (DEO), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), and Corteva (CTVA). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) and Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
Keurig Dr Pepper has higher revenue and earnings than Constellation Brands. Keurig Dr Pepper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Constellation Brands pays an annual dividend of $4.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Keurig Dr Pepper pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Constellation Brands pays out 43.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Keurig Dr Pepper pays out 55.5% 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. Constellation Brands has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Keurig Dr Pepper has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Constellation Brands received 874 more outperform votes than Keurig Dr Pepper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.26% of users gave Constellation Brands an outperform vote while only 34.33% of users gave Keurig Dr Pepper an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Constellation Brands and Constellation Brands both had 11 articles in the media. Constellation Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Keurig Dr Pepper's score of 0.55 indicating that Keurig Dr Pepper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Constellation Brands has a net margin of 16.13% compared to Constellation Brands' net margin of 14.52%. Keurig Dr Pepper's return on equity of 23.06% beat Constellation Brands' return on equity.
Constellation Brands presently has a consensus target price of $298.55, indicating a potential upside of 16.88%. Keurig Dr Pepper has a consensus target price of $36.64, indicating a potential upside of 8.55%. Given Keurig Dr Pepper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Constellation Brands is more favorable than Keurig Dr Pepper.
77.3% of Constellation Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.2% of Constellation Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Constellation Brands has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keurig Dr Pepper has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Constellation Brands beats Keurig Dr Pepper on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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