Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (NASDAQ:CCEP – Get Free Report) and Coca-Cola FEMSA (OTCMKTS:COCSF – Get Free Report) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Dividends
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Coca-Cola FEMSA pays an annual dividend of $2.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.5%. Coca-Cola FEMSA pays out 25.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Coca-Cola FEMSA, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Coca-Cola Europacific Partners | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2.73 |
| Coca-Cola FEMSA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Coca-Cola FEMSA”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Coca-Cola Europacific Partners | $23.64 billion | 2.11 | $2.20 billion | N/A | N/A |
| Coca-Cola FEMSA | N/A | N/A | N/A | $11.57 | 0.95 |
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Coca-Cola FEMSA.
Profitability
This table compares Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Coca-Cola FEMSA’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 |
| Coca-Cola FEMSA | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
31.4% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.8% of Coca-Cola FEMSA shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are held 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
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners beats Coca-Cola FEMSA on 7 of the 8 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 Coca-Cola FEMSA
Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V., a franchise bottler, produces, markets, sells, and distributes Coca-Cola trademark beverages. The company offers sparkling beverages, including colas and flavored sparkling beverages; and waters and other beverages, such as juice drinks, coffee, teas, milk, value-added dairy products, sports and energy drinks, alcoholic beverages, and plant-based drinks. It provides a portfolio of products through retail outlets, wholesale supermarkets, retailers, points-of-sale outlets, and home delivery. In addition, the company distributes and sells Heineken, Estrella Galicia, and Therezópolis beer products in its Brazilian territories. It operates in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico. Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. is a subsidiary of Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V.
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