Head to Head Survey: Fevertree Drinks (FQVTF) vs. Its Competitors

Fevertree Drinks (OTCMKTS:FQVTF) is one of 140 publicly-traded companies in the “Beverages” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Fevertree Drinks to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Fevertree Drinks and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fevertree Drinks	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fevertree Drinks Competitors	-9.25%	-39.52%	-0.98%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Fevertree Drinks and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fevertree Drinks	0	1	1	0	2.50
Fevertree Drinks Competitors	1249	4218	5635	221	2.43

As a group, “Beverages” companies have a potential upside of 11.58%. Given Fevertree Drinks’ competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fevertree Drinks has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

36.7% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.0% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Fevertree Drinks and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fevertree Drinks	N/A	N/A	-688.24
Fevertree Drinks Competitors	$9.56 billion	$874.57 million	12.49

Fevertree Drinks’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Fevertree Drinks. Fevertree Drinks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Fevertree Drinks competitors beat Fevertree Drinks on 6 of the 11 factors compared.

Fevertree Drinks Company Profile

Fevertree Drinks Plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and sale of premium mixer drinks in the United Kingdom, the United States, rest of Europe, and internationally. The company offers Indian, Mediterranean, elderflower, cucumber, damson and sloe berry, rhubarb and raspberry, aromatic, lemon, and Clementine tonic water products; gingers; sodas; cola and lemonades; cocktails; and sparkling soft drinks. It sells its products under Fever-Tree brand name to bars and restaurants. The company was formerly known as Fevertree Topco Limited and changed its name to Fevertree Drinks Plc in October 2014. Fevertree Drinks Plc was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.