Head-To-Head Survey: Coca-Cola FEMSA (OTCMKTS:COCSF) vs. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (NASDAQ:CCEP)

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (NASDAQ:CCEP) and Coca-Cola FEMSA (OTCMKTS:COCSF) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, valuation and earnings.

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.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

31.4% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.8% of Coca-Cola FEMSA shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Coca-Cola FEMSA”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Coca-Cola FEMSA, as provided by MarketBeat.

	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

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners currently has a consensus target price of $108.78, indicating a potential upside of 0.74%. Given Coca-Cola Europacific Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is more favorable than Coca-Cola FEMSA.

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.