Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (NASDAQ:CCEP – Get Free Report) and Pernod Ricard (OTCMKTS:PDRDY – Get Free Report) are both large-cap 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.
Profitability
This table compares Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Pernod Ricard’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 |
| Pernod Ricard | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Pernod Ricard”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Coca-Cola Europacific Partners | $21.35 billion | 2.32 | $2.20 billion | N/A | N/A |
| Pernod Ricard | $10.53 billion | 5.94 | $1.57 billion | N/A | N/A |
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Pernod Ricard.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Pernod Ricard, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Coca-Cola Europacific Partners | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2.64 |
| Pernod Ricard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners currently has a consensus target price of $108.56, suggesting a potential upside of 1.19%. Given Coca-Cola Europacific Partners’ higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is more favorable than Pernod Ricard.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
31.4% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pernod Ricard shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Risk & Volatility
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pernod Ricard has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dividends
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Pernod Ricard pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%.
Summary
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners beats Pernod Ricard on 8 of the 10 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 Pernod Ricard
Pernod Ricard SA engages in the manufacture of wines, spirits, and non-alcoholic beverages. The firm offers products under the brands Absolut Vodka, Chivas Regal, Ballantine’s, Beefeater, Jameson, Kahlúa, Malibu, Ricard, Havana Club, Martell, Cognac, The Glenlivet, G.H. Mumm, Perrier-Jouët, Royal Salute, Brancott Estate, Graffigna, Campo Viejo, Jacob’s Creek, Kenwood, Pastis 51, 100 Pipers, ArArAt, Becherovka, Blenders Pride, Clan Campbell, Imperial, Seagram’s Imperial Blue, Olmeca, Passport Scotch, Amaro Ramazzotti, Ruavieja, Royal Stag, Seagram’s Gin, Something Special, Suze, Wiser’s, and Wyborowa. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Paris, France.
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