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 -3.6% and PRMB reads +1.4%; on revenue growth, FIZZ reads -1.8% and PRMB reads +12.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's FIZZ price has a different growth bar priced in than PRMB (-3.6% implied for FIZZ vs +1.4% 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). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | FIZZ | PRMB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $31.43 | $20.74 |
| Market cap | $2.9B | $7.6B |
| Sector | Beverages | Beverages |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.6% | +1.4% |
| P/E | 16.9 | 76.8 |
| P/B | 8.01 | 2.54 |
| P/S | 2.49 | 1.12 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.8 | 11.6 |
| Revenue growth | -1.8% | +12.8% |
| Gross margin | 35.0% | 30.6% |
| Operating margin | 17.7% | 10.0% |
| Net margin | 14.8% | 1.5% |
| Return on equity | 47.6% | 3.4% |
| Return on assets | 30.0% | 0.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 45.2% | 4.2% |
| FCF yield | 5.5% | -10.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.73 |
| Current ratio | 2.39 | 1.05 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.58 | 1.02 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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