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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricKOCOCA COLA COPEPPEPSICO INCMNSTMonster Beverage CorpKDPKeurig Dr Pepper Inc.Median of the restexcluding KO
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$95.34▲ 2.66 (2.87%)
$134.70▲ 0.68 (0.51%)
$47.30▲ 0.67 (1.44%)
$34.63▲ 0.17 (0.49%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.0/107.0/108.7/107.0/107.0/10
Market value$410.06B$184.74B$46.26B$47.05B
Revenue$47.94B$93.92B$8.29B$16.60B
Profit$13.11B$8.24B$1.91B$2.08B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.1.9%2.3%10.7%8.2%8.2%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.61.6%54.1%55.8%54.2%54.2%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.28.7%12.2%29.2%21.5%21.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.27.3%8.8%23.0%12.5%12.5%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.11.0%8.2%23.7%9.1%9.1%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.40.7%40.4%23.1%8.1%23.1%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.17.2%15.3%30.1%7.2%15.3%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.31.29x22.42x24.28x22.63x22.63x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.29.94x15.04x—14.88x14.96x
Price to book12.75x9.05x5.61x1.84x5.61x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.2.26x4.26x0.21x1.17x1.17x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/95/97/87/97.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafedistress

How KO compares with the others

  • KO's operating margin of 28.7% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (21.5%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 1.9% against 8.2%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 31.3x against 22.6x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 2.3x against 1.2x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.