National Beverage Corp. vs Primo Brands Corp, two Beverages stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FIZZ and PRMB diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), FIZZ reads -4.7% and PRMB reads +13.0%; on revenue growth, FIZZ reads -1.7% and PRMB reads +19.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's FIZZ price has a different growth bar priced in than PRMB (-4.7% implied for FIZZ vs +13.0% for PRMB); 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 PRMB'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 | PRMB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $31.65 | $22.71 |
| Market cap | $3.0B | $8.3B |
| Sector | Beverages | Beverages |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.7% | +13.0% |
| P/E | 16.1 | 121.2 |
| P/B | 4.66 | 2.81 |
| P/S | 2.51 | 1.24 |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.3 | 13.0 |
| Revenue growth | -1.7% | +19.7% |
| Gross margin | 34.7% | 28.6% |
| Operating margin | 16.9% | 8.5% |
| Net margin | 15.6% | 0.9% |
| Return on equity | 28.9% | 2.0% |
| Return on assets | 21.6% | 0.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 27.6% | 3.4% |
| FCF yield | 5.3% | -4.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.74 |
| Current ratio | 4.39 | 0.98 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.21 | 1.05 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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