Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. vs COCA COLA CO, two Beverages stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where KDP and KO diverge most: on debt / equity, KDP reads 0.88 and KO reads 0.01; on p/b, KDP reads 1.45 and KO reads 10.57. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What KDP'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 | KDP | KO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $31.13 | $87.58 |
| Market cap | $42.5B | $377.8B |
| Sector | Beverages | Beverages |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +13.4% |
| P/E | 23.1 | 27.5 |
| P/B | 1.45 | 10.57 |
| P/S | 2.51 | 7.67 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.5 | 23.7 |
| Revenue growth | +9.2% | +5.2% |
| Gross margin | 52.8% | 63.0% |
| Operating margin | 19.0% | 35.0% |
| Net margin | 10.8% | 27.8% |
| Return on equity | 6.3% | 38.3% |
| Return on assets | 2.5% | 13.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 4.9% | 34.6% |
| FCF yield | 3.7% | 3.3% |
| Dividend yield | 3.0% | 2.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.88 | 0.01 |
| Current ratio | 2.31 | 1.36 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.23 | 7.81 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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