DIAGEO plc vs National Beverage Corp., two Beverages stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DEO and FIZZ diverge most: on revenue growth, DEO reads +4.2% and FIZZ reads -1.7%; on fcf yield, DEO reads 27.5% and FIZZ reads 5.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What DEO'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 | DEO | FIZZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $83.99 | $31.04 |
| Market cap | $46.7B | $2.9B |
| Sector | Beverages | Beverages |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 19.8 | 15.8 |
| P/B | 3.41 | 4.57 |
| P/S | 1.67 | 2.46 |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.3 | 10.1 |
| Revenue growth | +4.2% | -1.7% |
| Gross margin | 43.5% | 34.7% |
| Operating margin | 15.5% | 16.9% |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 15.6% |
| Return on equity | 18.5% | 28.9% |
| Return on assets | 5.0% | 21.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 22.7% | 27.6% |
| FCF yield | 27.5% | 5.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.60 | 4.39 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.02 | 9.21 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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