Comfortable leader
18 companies value 822 bn revenue 257 bn margin 12.8% free cash flow 33 bn avg. score 3.9
KO holds 48.9% of the group's value, 2.2x the runner-up
| Rank | Ticker | Company | Share | Value | Revenue | Margin | FCF | 5 years | FCF/px | Yield | What it does · why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KO | Coca-Cola United States · score 6.9 | 49% | 402 bn | 50 bn | 28.6% | 14 bn | 3.6% | 2.8% | Soft drinks and beverages: Coca-Cola, Sprite and Fanta · World's most valuable beverage brand; a global bottling system | |
| 2 | PEP | PepsiCo United States · score 6.9 | 22% | 182 bn | 98 bn | 11.1% | 10 bn | 5.8% | 4.3% | Pepsi soft drinks and Frito-Lay and Quaker snacks · Beverages + Frito-Lay, the undisputed leader in salty snacks | |
| 3 | MNST | Monster Beverage United States · score 6.9 | 11% | 92 bn | 9.2 bn | 23.1% | 2.1 bn | 2.3% | — | Monster energy drinks · Global energy drink leader alongside Red Bull (unlisted) | |
| 4 | KDP | Keurig Dr Pepper United States · score 4.6 | 6% | 47 bn | 20 bn | 7.1% | 2.0 bn | 4.2% | 2.7% | Dr Pepper soft drinks and Keurig coffee makers · Coffee pods + soft drinks; a rare mix of growth and dividends | |
| 5 | FMX | Fomento Económico Mexicano Mexico · score 6.0 | 5% | 44 bn | 47 bn | 3.9% | 1.8 bn | 4.2% | 6.4% | Oxxo stores, Coca-Cola bottling and logistics, from Mexico · World's largest Coca-Cola bottler + the OXXO chain | |
| 6 | KOF | COCA COLA FEMSA SAB DE CV Mexico · score 5.6 | 3% | 25 bn | 16 bn | 8.6% | 0.5 bn | 2.0% | 3.4% | World's largest Coca-Cola bottler, from Mexico · Mexico — revenue of $15.8bn | |
| 7 | COKE | Coca-Cola Consolidated United States · score 4.6 | 2% | 14 bn | 7.7 bn | 7.2% | 0.6 bn | 4.6% | 0.6% | Largest Coca-Cola bottler in the United States · Largest US Coca-Cola bottler | |
| 8 | CELH | Celsius Holdings United States · score 6.1 | 1% | 7.5 bn | 3.0 bn | 4.2% | 0.5 bn | 6.2% | — | Celsius functional energy drinks · The fastest-growing fitness energy drink in the US this decade | |
| 9 | AKO-A | ANDINA BOTTLING CO INC Chile · score 6.3 | 1% | 4.2 bn | 3.4 bn | 8.1% | 0.2 bn | 4.5% | 4.8% | Coca-Cola bottler in Chile, Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay · Chile — revenue of $3.4bn | |
| 10 | COCO | Vita Coco Company, Inc. United States · score 6.7 | 0% | 3.4 bn | 0.7 bn | 15.5% | 0.1 bn | 3.7% | — | Coconut water and plant-based beverages · New York — revenue of $706m | |
| 11 | WEST | Westrock Coffee Co United States · score 0.0 | 0% | 0.9 bn | 1.3 bn | -4.9% | -0.0 bn | -1.8% | — | Coffee, tea, extracts and ingredients, from farm to cup · Arkansas — revenue of $1.3bn | |
| 12 | SUJA | SUJA LIFE, INC. United States · score 0.4 | 0% | 0.4 bn | 0.4 bn | -6.6% | -0.0 bn | — | -3.4% | — | Cold-pressed juices and wellness drinks · California — revenue of $355m |
| 13 | BRCC | BRC Inc. United States · score 1.3 | 0% | 0.3 bn | 0.4 bn | -0.9% | 0.0 bn | 3.1% | — | Black Rifle coffee and beverages · Utah — revenue of $430m | |
| 14 | ZVIA | Zevia PBC United States · score 2.2 | 0% | 0.1 bn | 0.2 bn | -5.3% | 0.0 bn | 3.1% | — | Zero-sugar sodas sweetened with stevia · California — revenue of $170m | |
| 15 | BUDA | BUDA JUICE, INC. United States · score 5.4 | 0% | 0.1 bn | 0.0 bn | 17.1% | 0.0 bn | 2.1% | — | Organic cold-pressed juices · Texas — revenue of $14m | |
| 16 | REED | REED'S, INC. United States · score 0.0 | 0% | 0.0 bn | 0.0 bn | -63.5% | -0.0 bn | -338.9% | — | Natural and functional beverages under the Reed's and Virgil's brands · Connecticut — revenue of $29m | |
| 17 | RKDA | Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. United States · score 0.0 | 0% | 0.0 bn | 0.0 bn | -234.5% | 0.0 bn | -832.3% | — | Zola coconut water, after selling the GoodWheat wheat brand · Texas — revenue of $5m | |
| 18 | IBG | Innovation Beverage Group Ltd Australia · score 0.3 | — | — | 0.0 bn | -223.4% | 0.0 bn | — | — | Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, from Australia · Australia — revenue of $3m |
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- Sector overview
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- Cosmetics 11 companies
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- Foodservice distribution 8 companies
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and 9 industries more
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- Animal protein 10 companies
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The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.