National Beverage Corp. vs COCA COLA CO, two Beverages stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FIZZ and KO diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), FIZZ reads -3.6% and KO reads +12.0%; on revenue growth, FIZZ reads -1.8% and KO reads +5.2%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's FIZZ price has a different growth bar priced in than KO (-3.6% implied for FIZZ vs +12.0% for KO); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What FIZZ's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). 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 | FIZZ | KO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $30.53 | $88.06 |
| Market cap | $2.9B | $379.9B |
| Sector | Beverages | Beverages |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.6% | +12.0% |
| P/E | 16.4 | 27.7 |
| P/B | 7.78 | 10.63 |
| P/S | 2.42 | 7.71 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.4 | 26.6 |
| Revenue growth | -1.8% | +5.2% |
| Gross margin | 35.0% | 63.0% |
| Operating margin | 17.7% | 35.0% |
| Net margin | 14.8% | 27.8% |
| Return on equity | 47.6% | 38.3% |
| Return on assets | 30.0% | 13.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 45.2% | 15.6% |
| FCF yield | 5.7% | 3.3% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.23 |
| Current ratio | 2.39 | 1.36 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.58 | 7.81 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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