Contrasting Coca-Cola HBC (OTCMKTS:CCHGY) & CocaCola (NYSE:KO)

Coca-Cola HBC (OTCMKTS:CCHGY) and CocaCola (NYSE:KO) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Coca-Cola HBC and CocaCola, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coca-Cola HBC	1	2	2	1	2.50
CocaCola	0	0	15	1	3.06

CocaCola has a consensus price target of $84.60, suggesting a potential upside of 13.29%. Given CocaCola’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CocaCola is more favorable than Coca-Cola HBC.

Profitability

This table compares Coca-Cola HBC and CocaCola’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coca-Cola HBC	N/A	N/A	N/A
CocaCola	27.34%	41.31%	12.43%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Coca-Cola HBC and CocaCola”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coca-Cola HBC	$13.13 billion	1.62	$1.06 billion	N/A	N/A
CocaCola	$47.94 billion	6.70	$13.11 billion	$3.04	24.56

CocaCola has higher revenue and earnings than Coca-Cola HBC.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

70.3% of CocaCola shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of CocaCola shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Coca-Cola HBC has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CocaCola has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CocaCola beats Coca-Cola HBC on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Coca-Cola HBC

Coca-Cola HBC AG engages in the production, distribution, and sale of non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages under franchise in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, North and Central America, rest of Europe, the Nordic countries, and internationally. The company offers sparkling soft drinks, adult sparkling, hydration drinks, juices, ready-to-drink tea and coffee, sports and energy drinks, dairy, stills, coffee, water, plant-based drinks, premium spirits, and snacks. It markets and sells its products under several brands, including Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, Adez, Averna, Amita, Aquarius, Aperol, Avra, Deep RiverRock, Fruice, Kinley, Schweppes, and various other brands; and distributes third-party products. The company serves a range of consumer channels, including supermarkets, convenience stores, vending machines, hotels, cafés, and restaurants; and e-commerce channels. Coca-Cola HBC AG was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Steinhausen, Switzerland.

About CocaCola

The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures, markets, and sells various nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company provides sparkling soft drinks, sparkling flavors; water, sports, coffee, and tea; juice, value-added dairy, and plant-based beverages; and other beverages. It also offers beverage concentrates and syrups, as well as fountain syrups to fountain retailers, such as restaurants and convenience stores. The company sells its products under the Coca-Cola, Diet Coke/Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, caffeine free Diet Coke, Cherry Coke, Fanta Orange, Fanta Zero Orange, Fanta Zero Sugar, Fanta Apple, Sprite, Sprite Zero Sugar, Simply Orange, Simply Apple, Simply Grapefruit, Fresca, Schweppes, Thums Up, Aquarius, Ayataka, BODYARMOR, Ciel, Costa, Dasani, dogadan, FUZE TEA, Georgia, glacéau smartwater, glacéau vitaminwater, Gold Peak, Ice Dew, I LOHAS, Powerade, Topo Chico, AdeS, Del Valle, fairlife, innocent, Minute Maid, and Minute Maid Pulpy brands. It operates through a network of independent bottling partners, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, as well as through bottling and distribution operators. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.