Comparing Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (NASDAQ:CCEP) & Pernod Ricard (OTCMKTS:PDRDY)

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (NASDAQ:CCEP) and Pernod Ricard (OTCMKTS:PDRDY) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices 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 possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is more favorable than Pernod Ricard.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

31.4% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pernod Ricard shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Pernod Ricard”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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.

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%.

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

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.