FMX vs. KOF, CHSCP, JVA, FIZZ, COKE, CELH, CCEP, MNST, TTCFQ, and WTER
Should you be buying Fomento Económico Mexicano stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fomento Económico Mexicano include Coca-Cola FEMSA (KOF), CHS (CHSCP), Coffee (JVA), National Beverage (FIZZ), Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE), Celsius (CELH), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Monster Beverage (MNST), Tattooed Chef (TTCFQ), and Alkaline Water (WTER). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Fomento Económico Mexicano (NYSE:FMX) and Coca-Cola FEMSA (NYSE:KOF) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.
Coca-Cola FEMSA received 34 more outperform votes than Fomento Económico Mexicano when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.77% of users gave Fomento Económico Mexicano an outperform vote while only 56.57% of users gave Coca-Cola FEMSA an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Fomento Económico Mexicano had 5 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola FEMSA. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Fomento Económico Mexicano and 1 mentions for Coca-Cola FEMSA. Coca-Cola FEMSA's average media sentiment score of 2.34 beat Fomento Económico Mexicano's score of 0.34 indicating that Coca-Cola FEMSA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fomento Económico Mexicano currently has a consensus price target of $135.75, indicating a potential upside of 14.99%. Coca-Cola FEMSA has a consensus price target of $100.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.58%. Given Fomento Económico Mexicano's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fomento Económico Mexicano is more favorable than Coca-Cola FEMSA.
Fomento Económico Mexicano pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Coca-Cola FEMSA pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Fomento Económico Mexicano pays out 16.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coca-Cola FEMSA pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Coca-Cola FEMSA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Coca-Cola FEMSA has a net margin of 8.15% compared to Fomento Económico Mexicano's net margin of 2.91%. Coca-Cola FEMSA's return on equity of 15.96% beat Fomento Económico Mexicano's return on equity.
Fomento Económico Mexicano has higher revenue and earnings than Coca-Cola FEMSA. Coca-Cola FEMSA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fomento Económico Mexicano, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fomento Económico Mexicano has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola FEMSA has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Coca-Cola FEMSA beats Fomento Económico Mexicano on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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