Contrasting CocaCola (NYSE:KO) & Jammin Java (OTCMKTS:JAMN)

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for CocaCola and Jammin Java, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CocaCola	0	1	15	0	2.94
Jammin Java	0	0	0	0	0.00

CocaCola presently has a consensus target price of $88.81, suggesting a potential upside of 4.73%. Given CocaCola’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CocaCola is more favorable than Jammin Java.

Risk & Volatility

CocaCola has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jammin Java has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CocaCola and Jammin Java”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CocaCola	$47.94 billion	7.61	$13.11 billion	$3.18	26.67
Jammin Java	N/A	N/A	-$230,000.00	N/A	N/A

CocaCola has higher revenue and earnings than Jammin Java.

Profitability

This table compares CocaCola and Jammin Java’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CocaCola	27.80%	40.55%	12.90%
Jammin Java	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

70.3% of CocaCola shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of CocaCola shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.2% of Jammin Java shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

CocaCola beats Jammin Java on 9 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 Jammin Java

Jammin Java Corp. produces and sells roasted coffee under the Marley Coffee brand name in the United States and internationally. It distributes roasted coffee to grocery, retail, online, service, hospitality, office coffee service, and big box store industries. The company was formerly known as Marley Coffee Inc. and changed its name to Jammin Java Corp. in July 2009. Jammin Java Corp. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.