DIAGEO plc vs COCA COLA CO, two Beverages stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DEO and KO diverge most: on fcf yield, DEO reads 24.4% and KO reads 3.3%; on p/s, DEO reads 1.89 and KO reads 7.71. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What KO's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | DEO | KO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $86.73 | $88.06 |
| Market cap | $52.7B | $379.9B |
| Sector | Beverages | Beverages |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +12.0% |
| P/E | 20.5 | 27.7 |
| P/B | 3.85 | 10.63 |
| P/S | 1.89 | 7.71 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.1 | 26.6 |
| Revenue growth | +4.2% | +5.2% |
| Gross margin | 43.5% | 63.0% |
| Operating margin | 15.5% | 35.0% |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 27.8% |
| Return on equity | 18.5% | 38.3% |
| Return on assets | 5.0% | 13.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.4% | 15.6% |
| FCF yield | 24.4% | 3.3% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.3% |
| Debt / equity | 1.72 | 1.23 |
| Current ratio | 1.60 | 1.36 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.12 | 7.81 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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