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 8.1 times as much as Keurig Dr Pepper ($420B against $52.1B).
On earnings, Coca Cola is cheaper: it trades at 28.7× trailing earnings, against 35.1× for Keurig Dr Pepper.
Keurig Dr Pepper grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (43.0% versus 7.1% for Coca Cola).
Coca Cola keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 28.7% compared with 7.1% at Keurig Dr Pepper.
Both pay dividends: Keurig Dr Pepper yields 2.4% 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 | $52.1B | $420B |
| Share price | $38.25 | $97.57 |
| Change, 1 year | 46.4% | 38.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 8.8% | 77.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.30 | 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 | 35.1× | 28.7× (better) |
| P/S | 2.3× (better) | 8.2× |
| P/B | 2.0× (better) | 11.2× |
| EV/EBITDA | 23.3× (better) | 27.5× |
| P/FCF | 22.4× (better) | 29.4× |
| PEG | 2.36 (better) | 2.48 |
| FCF yield | 4.5% (better) | 3.4% |
| Fair value | $28.51 | $75.71 |
| Margin of safety | −34.2% | −28.9% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 43.0% (better) | 7.1% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.4% | 7.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 4.1% | 12.3% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −6.0% | 12.6% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 10.5% | 11.2% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 48.0% | 62.3% (better) |
| Operating margin | 15.6% | 30.0% (better) |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 28.7% (better) |
| FCF margin | 10.1% | 28.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | 6.5% | 42.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 5.9% | 19.5% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.14 | 1.11 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 7.66 | 1.70 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 10.0× |
| Current ratio | 0.52 | 1.38 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.96 | 5.84 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.4% (better) | 2.2% |
| Payout ratio | 76.0% | 76.8% |
| Years of dividend growth | 5 | 16 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 8.9% (better) | 4.5% |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.14% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.4% (better) | 2.3% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 106% | 75.3% |
| Held by insiders | 4.7% | 0.22% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.1M (better) | −$248M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.1% | 1.1% |
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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