Baristas Coffee (OTCMKTS:BCCI) vs. CocaCola (NYSE:KO) Financial Analysis

CocaCola (NYSE:KO) and Baristas Coffee (OTCMKTS:BCCI) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares CocaCola and Baristas Coffee”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CocaCola	$47.06 billion	6.44	$10.63 billion	$3.02	23.33
Baristas Coffee	$180,000.00	N/A	-$660,000.00	N/A	N/A

CocaCola has higher revenue and earnings than Baristas Coffee.

Profitability

This table compares CocaCola and Baristas Coffee’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CocaCola	27.34%	43.62%	12.43%
Baristas Coffee	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

CocaCola has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baristas Coffee has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

70.3% of CocaCola shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of CocaCola shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for CocaCola and Baristas Coffee, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CocaCola	0	0	16	1	3.06
Baristas Coffee	0	0	0	0	0.00

CocaCola currently has a consensus target price of $78.43, indicating a potential upside of 11.31%. Given CocaCola’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CocaCola is more favorable than Baristas Coffee.

Summary

CocaCola beats Baristas Coffee on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CocaCola

The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures, markets, and sells various nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company provides sparkling soft drinks, sparkling flavors; water, sports, coffee, and tea; juice, value-added dairy, and plant-based beverages; and other beverages. It also offers beverage concentrates and syrups, as well as fountain syrups to fountain retailers, such as restaurants and convenience stores. The company sells its products under the Coca-Cola, Diet Coke/Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, caffeine free Diet Coke, Cherry Coke, Fanta Orange, Fanta Zero Orange, Fanta Zero Sugar, Fanta Apple, Sprite, Sprite Zero Sugar, Simply Orange, Simply Apple, Simply Grapefruit, Fresca, Schweppes, Thums Up, Aquarius, Ayataka, BODYARMOR, Ciel, Costa, Dasani, dogadan, FUZE TEA, Georgia, glacéau smartwater, glacéau vitaminwater, Gold Peak, Ice Dew, I LOHAS, Powerade, Topo Chico, AdeS, Del Valle, fairlife, innocent, Minute Maid, and Minute Maid Pulpy brands. It operates through a network of independent bottling partners, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, as well as through bottling and distribution operators. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

About Baristas Coffee

Barista Coffee Company, Inc., doing business as Baristas, operates as a specialty drive-through beverage retailer in the United States. The company offers hot and cold beverages, including specialty coffees, blended teas, and other custom drinks, as well as smoothies, fresh-baked pastries, and other confections. It also provides beverages, such as hot apple cider, hot chocolate, frozen coffees, and other products. In addition, the company promotes and sells Baristas merchandise, calendars, mugs, T-shirts, and hats. Barista Coffee Company, Inc. also sells its merchandise and other novelties through its baristas.tv Website. The company was formerly known as Innovative Communications, Inc. and changed its name to Barista Coffee Company, Inc. in May 2010. Barista Coffee Company, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Kent, Washington.