COCA COLA CO vs Primo Brands Corp, two Beverages stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where KO and PRMB diverge most: on net margin, KO reads 27.8% and PRMB reads 1.5%; on implied growth (priced in), KO reads +12.0% and PRMB reads +0.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's KO price has a different growth bar priced in than PRMB (+12.0% implied for KO vs +0.7% for PRMB); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. 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 | KO | PRMB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $88.06 | $19.28 |
| Market cap | $379.9B | $7.1B |
| Sector | Beverages | Beverages |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +12.0% | +0.7% |
| P/E | 27.7 | 71.4 |
| P/B | 10.63 | 2.37 |
| P/S | 7.71 | 1.05 |
| EV/EBITDA | 26.6 | 10.7 |
| Revenue growth | +5.2% | +12.8% |
| Gross margin | 63.0% | 30.6% |
| Operating margin | 35.0% | 10.0% |
| Net margin | 27.8% | 1.5% |
| Return on equity | 38.3% | 3.4% |
| Return on assets | 13.2% | 0.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 15.6% | 4.2% |
| FCF yield | 3.3% | 9.8% |
| Dividend yield | 2.3% | 2.1% |
| Debt / equity | 1.23 | 1.73 |
| Current ratio | 1.36 | 1.05 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.81 | 0.98 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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