Head-To-Head Contrast: Primo Brands (NYSE:PRMB) and Embotelladora Andina (NYSE:AKO.B)

Embotelladora Andina (NYSE:AKO.B) and Primo Brands (NYSE:PRMB) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Embotelladora Andina and Primo Brands, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Embotelladora Andina	0	1	0	1	3.00
Primo Brands	0	4	9	0	2.69

Primo Brands has a consensus price target of $25.91, suggesting a potential upside of 4.32%. Given Primo Brands’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Primo Brands is more favorable than Embotelladora Andina.

Dividends

Embotelladora Andina pays an annual dividend of $0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Primo Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Embotelladora Andina pays out 35.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Primo Brands pays out 342.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Embotelladora Andina is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Embotelladora Andina and Primo Brands’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Embotelladora Andina	8.70%	24.47%	8.89%
Primo Brands	0.88%	13.98%	4.00%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.6% of Embotelladora Andina shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Primo Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Embotelladora Andina shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.9% of Primo Brands shares are held 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.

Risk & Volatility

Embotelladora Andina has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primo Brands has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Embotelladora Andina and Primo Brands”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Embotelladora Andina	$3,380.92 billion	0.00	$295.57 million	$2.04	14.72
Primo Brands	$6.66 billion	1.35	$60.10 million	$0.14	177.41

Embotelladora Andina has higher revenue and earnings than Primo Brands. Embotelladora Andina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Primo Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Embotelladora Andina beats Primo Brands on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Embotelladora Andina

Embotelladora Andina S.A., together with its subsidiaries, produces, markets, and distributes Coca-Cola soft drinks in Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. It also offers fruit-flavored beverages, juices, sports and energy drinks, ice tea, and bottled water. Embotelladora Andina S.A. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.

About Primo Brands

Primo Brands Corp. is a branded beverage company, which focuses on healthy hydration. It delivers sustainably and domestically sourced diversified offerings across products, formats, channels, price points and consumer occasions, distributed in the United States and Canada. The company provides water filtration units for home and business consumers across North America. It also offers reusable packaging, helping to reduce waste through its reusable, multi-serve bottles and innovative brand packaging portfolio, which includes recycled plastic, aluminum and glass. Primo Brands was founded in 2024 and is headquartered in Tampa, FL.