Head-To-Head Review: Fevertree Drinks (FQVTF) versus The Competition

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 related businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Fevertree Drinks and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fevertree Drinks	0	1	1	0	2.50
Fevertree Drinks Competitors	1246	4212	5629	221	2.43

As a group, “Beverages” companies have a potential upside of 11.83%. Given Fevertree Drinks’ competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fevertree Drinks has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Fevertree Drinks and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fevertree Drinks	N/A	N/A	-696.47
Fevertree Drinks Competitors	$12.53 billion	$874.57 million	10.62

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.

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	-9.21%	-38.29%	-0.91%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

36.7% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.1% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.