The Vita Coco Company, Inc. vs National Beverage Corp., two Beverages stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where COCO and FIZZ diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), COCO reads +18.7% and FIZZ reads -3.6%; on revenue growth, COCO reads +25.7% and FIZZ reads -1.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's COCO price has a different growth bar priced in than FIZZ (+18.7% implied for COCO vs -3.6% for FIZZ); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What COCO's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What FIZZ's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | COCO | FIZZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $58.36 | $30.53 |
| Market cap | $3.3B | $2.9B |
| Sector | Beverages | Beverages |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +18.7% | -3.6% |
| P/E | 32.1 | 16.4 |
| P/B | 8.36 | 7.78 |
| P/S | 4.74 | 2.42 |
| EV/EBITDA | 22.5 | 11.4 |
| Revenue growth | +25.7% | -1.8% |
| Gross margin | 48.7% | 35.0% |
| Operating margin | 29.2% | 17.7% |
| Net margin | 15.5% | 14.8% |
| Return on equity | 27.3% | 47.6% |
| Return on assets | 19.1% | 30.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 26.1% | 45.2% |
| FCF yield | 3.7% | 5.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 3.36 | 2.39 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.14 | 9.58 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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