CocaCola (NYSE:KO – Get Free Report) and Barfresh Food Group (NASDAQ:BRFH – Get Free Report) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares CocaCola and Barfresh Food Group’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% |
| Barfresh Food Group | -27.38% | -176.38% | -74.25% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for CocaCola and Barfresh Food Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CocaCola | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3.06 |
| Barfresh Food Group | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Volatility and Risk
CocaCola has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barfresh Food Group has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
70.3% of CocaCola shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Barfresh Food Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of CocaCola shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.2% of Barfresh Food Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares CocaCola and Barfresh Food Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CocaCola | $47.06 billion | 6.10 | $10.63 billion | $2.82 | 23.67 |
| Barfresh Food Group | $10.72 million | 5.07 | -$2.83 million | ($0.20) | -17.05 |
CocaCola has higher revenue and earnings than Barfresh Food Group. Barfresh Food Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CocaCola, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CocaCola beats Barfresh Food Group on 12 of the 15 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 Barfresh Food Group
Barfresh Food Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes ready-to-drink and ready-to-blend frozen beverages in the United States. It offers smoothies, shakes and frappes in various formats comprising ready-to-drink smoothie, easy pour, juice concentrates, and single serve. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
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