Coca Cola Femsa (NYSE:KOF – Get Free Report) and Barfresh Food Group (NASDAQ:BRFH – Get Free Report) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Coca Cola Femsa and Barfresh Food Group, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Coca Cola Femsa | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Barfresh Food Group | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Coca Cola Femsa currently has a consensus price target of $115.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.40%. Barfresh Food Group has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 189.86%. Given Barfresh Food Group’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Barfresh Food Group is more favorable than Coca Cola Femsa.
Risk & Volatility
Profitability
This table compares Coca Cola Femsa and Barfresh Food Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Coca Cola Femsa | 7.84% | 15.40% | 7.18% |
| Barfresh Food Group | -15.34% | -148.74% | -27.14% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
22.7% of Barfresh Food Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Coca Cola Femsa shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.7% of Barfresh Food Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Coca Cola Femsa and Barfresh Food Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Coca Cola Femsa | $15.22 billion | 11.83 | $1.32 billion | $5.94 | 18.03 |
| Barfresh Food Group | $14.21 million | 2.35 | -$2.69 million | ($0.17) | -12.18 |
Coca Cola Femsa has higher revenue and earnings than Barfresh Food Group. Barfresh Food Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coca Cola Femsa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Coca Cola Femsa beats Barfresh Food Group on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Coca Cola Femsa
Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V., a franchise bottler, produces, markets, sells, and distributes Coca-Cola trademark beverages in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. The company offers sparkling beverages, including colas and flavored sparkling beverages; waters; other non-carbonated beverages comprising juice drinks, coffee, teas, milk, value-added dairy products, sports and energy drinks, and plant-based drinks; and alcoholic beverages, such as hard seltzer under the Topo Chico brand name. It also distributes and sells Heineken, Estrella Galicia, Therezópolis, and Campari beer products, as well as Perfetti confectionary and chewing gum in its Brazilian territories; and Monster products. The company sells its products to distributors, retail outlets, wholesale supermarkets, discount and convenience stores, retailers, points-of-sale outlets, restaurants, bars, stadiums, auditoriums, theaters, and home deliveries. Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.
About Barfresh Food Group
Barfresh Food Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes ready-to-drink and ready-to-blend frozen beverages in the United States. It offers smoothies, shakes and frappes in various formats comprising ready-to-drink smoothie, easy pour, juice concentrates, and single serve. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
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