Head-To-Head Analysis: Vita Coco (NASDAQ:COCO) & Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (NASDAQ:CCEP)

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (NASDAQ:CCEP) and Vita Coco (NASDAQ:COCO) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Vita Coco”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	$20.88 billion	1.91	$1.53 billion	$4.86	17.83
Vita Coco	$516.01 million	4.04	$55.95 million	$1.07	34.25

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

Volatility and Risk

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vita Coco has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Vita Coco, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	1	4	4	1	2.50
Vita Coco	0	3	5	0	2.63

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners currently has a consensus price target of $90.43, suggesting a potential upside of 4.34%. Vita Coco has a consensus price target of $38.38, suggesting a potential upside of 4.71%. Given Vita Coco’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vita Coco is more favorable than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.

Profitability

This table compares Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Vita Coco’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vita Coco	11.50%	24.99%	17.84%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

31.4% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Vita Coco shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.2% of Vita Coco shares are held 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.

Summary

Vita Coco beats Coca-Cola Europacific Partners on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC, together with its subsidiaries, produces, distributes, and sells a range of non-alcoholic ready to drink beverages. It offers flavours, mixers, and energy drinks; soft drinks, waters, enhanced water, and isotonic drinks; and ready-to-drink tea and coffee, juices, and other drinks. The company provides its products under the Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Fanta, Sprite, Monster Energy, Coca-Cola Energy, Relentless, nalu, URGE, BURN, Kuli, REIGN, POWERADE, Appletiser, Schweppes, FINLEY, mezzo mix, Royal Bliss, Lift, Vio SCHORLE, Coca-Cola Signature Mixers, NORDIC MIST, smartwater, Chaudfontaine, AQUARIUS, VILAS del Turbon, BONAQUA, Apollinaris, Krystal, Honest, Costa Coffee, Fuzetea, CHAQWA, NESTEA, Capri-Sun, Oasis, Minute Maid, MER, and Tropico brands. In addition, it engages in the bottling and other operations. The company was formerly known as Coca-Cola European Partners plc and changed its name to Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC in May 2021. The company was founded in 1904 and is based in Uxbridge, the United Kingdom.

About Vita Coco

The Vita Coco Company, Inc. develops, markets, and distributes coconut water products under the Vita Coco brand name in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers coconut oil and coconut milk; juice; Runa, a plant-based energy drink; packaged water under the Ever & Ever brand name; and PWR LIFT, a protein-infused fitness drink. It also provides private label coconut water and oil to retailers. It distributes its products through club, food, drug, mass, convenience, e-commerce, and foodservice channels. The company was formerly known as All Market Inc. and changed its name to The Vita Coco Company, Inc. in September 2021.The Vita Coco Company, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, New York.