Contrasting Fevertree Drinks (FQVTF) and Its Peers

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

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 Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets 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	5635	221	2.43

As a group, “Beverages” companies have a potential upside of 11.00%. Given Fevertree Drinks’ peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fevertree Drinks has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional & Insider 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Fevertree Drinks and its peers 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	$113.23 billion	$874.57 million	12.39

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.