Reviewing Vita Coco (NASDAQ:COCO) & Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (NASDAQ:CCEP)

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

Profitability

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

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

Risk & Volatility

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

88.5% of Vita Coco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.4% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.3% of Vita Coco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vita Coco	$516.01 million	4.44	$55.95 million	$1.07	37.66
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	$22.12 billion	1.87	$1.53 billion	$4.86	18.47

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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Vita Coco and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vita Coco	0	4	5	0	2.56
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	1	3	4	1	2.56

Vita Coco presently has a consensus price target of $38.38, indicating a potential downside of 4.78%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a consensus price target of $92.40, indicating a potential upside of 2.94%. Given Coca-Cola Europacific Partners’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is more favorable than Vita Coco.

Summary

Vita Coco beats Coca-Cola Europacific Partners on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.