Primo Brands (NYSE:PRMB) vs. Britvic (OTCMKTS:BTVCY) Critical Review

Primo Brands (NYSE:PRMB) and Britvic (OTCMKTS:BTVCY) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

87.7% of Primo Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Primo Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Primo Brands and Britvic, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Primo Brands	0	0	4	0	3.00
Britvic	0	0	0	0	0.00

Primo Brands presently has a consensus price target of $37.75, suggesting a potential upside of 13.69%. Given Primo Brands’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Primo Brands is more favorable than Britvic.

Profitability

This table compares Primo Brands and Britvic’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Primo Brands	13.63%	8.80%	3.62%
Britvic	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

Primo Brands has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Britvic has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Primo Brands and Britvic”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Primo Brands	$1.77 billion	7.11	$238.10 million	$1.61	20.62
Britvic	$2.41 billion	1.53	$159.57 million	N/A	N/A

Primo Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Britvic.

Dividends

Primo Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Britvic pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Primo Brands pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Primo Brands beats Britvic on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Britvic

Britvic plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells soft drinks in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, France, Brazil, and internationally. It provides fruit juices, syrups, squash, mineral water, sodas, mixers, and energy and flavored drinks. The company supplies water-coolers and bottled water; offers pension funding and financing services; and designs, installs, as well as engages in maintenance of integrated tap related solutions. It offers its products under the 7UP, Aqua Libra, Ballygowan, Britvic, Fruit Shot, Gatorade, J2O, Jimmy’s Iced Coffee, Lipton, The London Essence, Mathieu Teisseire, Mountain Dew, Pepsi MAX, Plenish, Purdey’s, Robinson’s, Rockstar, R. White’s, Tango, and Teisseire brands. Britvic plc was founded in 1930 and is based in Hemel Hempstead, the United Kingdom.