Reviewing CocaCola (NYSE:KO) and Amer Prem Water (OTCMKTS:HIPH)

CocaCola (NYSE:KO) and Amer Prem Water (OTCMKTS:HIPH) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

70.3% of CocaCola shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of CocaCola shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for CocaCola and Amer Prem Water, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CocaCola	0	0	15	1	3.06
Amer Prem Water	0	0	0	0	0.00

CocaCola presently has a consensus price target of $76.93, suggesting a potential upside of 15.18%. Given CocaCola’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe CocaCola is more favorable than Amer Prem Water.

Profitability

This table compares CocaCola and Amer Prem Water’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CocaCola	25.89%	44.91%	12.23%
Amer Prem Water	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

CocaCola has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amer Prem Water has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CocaCola and Amer Prem Water”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CocaCola	$47.06 billion	6.11	$10.63 billion	$2.82	23.68
Amer Prem Water	$70,000.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

CocaCola has higher revenue and earnings than Amer Prem Water.

Summary

CocaCola beats Amer Prem Water on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CocaCola

The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures, markets, and sells various nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company provides sparkling soft drinks, sparkling flavors; water, sports, coffee, and tea; juice, value-added dairy, and plant-based beverages; and other beverages. It also offers beverage concentrates and syrups, as well as fountain syrups to fountain retailers, such as restaurants and convenience stores. The company sells its products under the Coca-Cola, Diet Coke/Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, caffeine free Diet Coke, Cherry Coke, Fanta Orange, Fanta Zero Orange, Fanta Zero Sugar, Fanta Apple, Sprite, Sprite Zero Sugar, Simply Orange, Simply Apple, Simply Grapefruit, Fresca, Schweppes, Thums Up, Aquarius, Ayataka, BODYARMOR, Ciel, Costa, Dasani, dogadan, FUZE TEA, Georgia, glacéau smartwater, glacéau vitaminwater, Gold Peak, Ice Dew, I LOHAS, Powerade, Topo Chico, AdeS, Del Valle, fairlife, innocent, Minute Maid, and Minute Maid Pulpy brands. It operates through a network of independent bottling partners, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, as well as through bottling and distribution operators. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

About Amer Prem Water

American Premium Mining Corporation focuses on supporting the blockchain ecosystem through proof-of-work and proof-of-stake mining of cryptocurrencies. The company was formerly known as American Premium Water Corporation and changed its name to American Premium Mining Corporation in May 2022. American Premium Mining Corporation is based in Playa Vista, California.