Keurig Dr Pepper vs Coca Cola
KDP and KO side by side, both in beverages. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How KDP and KO compare
Coca Cola is the larger company, worth 8.3 times as much as Keurig Dr Pepper ($405B against $48.8B).
On earnings, Coca Cola is cheaper: it trades at 28.3× trailing earnings, against 36.2× for Keurig Dr Pepper.
Keurig Dr Pepper grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (27.5% versus 6.5% for Coca Cola).
Coca Cola keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 28.6% compared with 7.1% at Keurig Dr Pepper.
Both pay dividends: Keurig Dr Pepper yields 2.6% and Coca Cola 2.2%.
Coca Cola scores higher on the StockData Score (21 against 8 for Keurig Dr Pepper), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | KDP | KO |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $48.8B | $405B |
| Share price | $35.84 | $94.08 |
| Change, 1 year | 32.0% | 37.6% |
| Change, 5 years | −1.5% | 65.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.31 | 0.33 |
| Employees | 31K | 70K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 21 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 1 |
| Growth score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 36.2× | 28.3× (better) |
| P/S | 2.4× (better) | 8.1× |
| P/B | 1.9× (better) | 11.2× |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.0× (better) | 27.5× |
| P/FCF | 24.8× (better) | 28.3× |
| PEG | 2.44 (better) | 2.45 |
| FCF yield | 4.0% (better) | 3.5% |
| Fair value | $25.87 | $73.10 |
| Margin of safety | −38.5% | −28.7% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 27.5% (better) | 6.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.4% | 7.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −7.1% | 17.5% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −11.6% | 18.1% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 10.5% | 11.2% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 49.4% | 61.9% (better) |
| Operating margin | 16.2% | 29.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 28.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 9.8% | 28.5% (better) |
| Return on equity | 5.7% | 44.2% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 5.3% | 18.9% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.20 (better) | 1.20 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 8.73 | 1.89 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 9.5× |
| Current ratio | 0.48 | 1.30 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.84 | 5.59 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.6% (better) | 2.2% |
| Payout ratio | 87.5% | 77.2% |
| Years of dividend growth | 5 | 16 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 8.9% (better) | 4.5% |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.15% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.6% (better) | 2.4% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 106% | 75.3% |
| Held by insiders | 4.7% | 0.22% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.1M (better) | −$255M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.7% | 1.2% |
Go deeper
- KDP stock overview
- KDP income statement
- KDP valuation and score
- KO stock overview
- KO income statement
- KO valuation and score
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