Financial Contrast: Fevertree Drinks (FQVTF) & Its Peers

Fevertree Drinks (OTCMKTS:FQVTF) is one of 140 publicly-traded companies in the “Beverages” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Fevertree Drinks to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

36.7% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.0% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Fevertree Drinks and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fevertree Drinks	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fevertree Drinks Competitors	-9.25%	-39.52%	-0.98%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Fevertree Drinks and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fevertree Drinks	0	1	1	0	2.50
Fevertree Drinks Competitors	1249	4214	5633	221	2.43

As a group, “Beverages” companies have a potential upside of 12.08%. Given Fevertree Drinks’ peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fevertree Drinks has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Fevertree Drinks and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fevertree Drinks	N/A	N/A	-676.47
Fevertree Drinks Competitors	$9.56 billion	$874.57 million	12.24

Fevertree Drinks’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Fevertree Drinks. Fevertree Drinks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Fevertree Drinks peers beat Fevertree Drinks on 6 of the 11 factors compared.

Fevertree Drinks Company Profile

Fevertree Drinks Plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and sale of premium mixer drinks in the United Kingdom, the United States, rest of Europe, and internationally. The company offers Indian, Mediterranean, elderflower, cucumber, damson and sloe berry, rhubarb and raspberry, aromatic, lemon, and Clementine tonic water products; gingers; sodas; cola and lemonades; cocktails; and sparkling soft drinks. It sells its products under Fever-Tree brand name to bars and restaurants. The company was formerly known as Fevertree Topco Limited and changed its name to Fevertree Drinks Plc in October 2014. Fevertree Drinks Plc was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.