Produces a wide range of non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages. Distributes beverages through an extensive network across Europe and the Pacific. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
Average growth of 11% a year over the last 4 years. Every year shown ended in profit.
The gap is $11.3B. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 20.2× for every dollar of annual profit — around what a business like this usually costs.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 38% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 9% above today's price.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.
Clearly below the class average.
Sales are growing strongly for its sector.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
Valuation: The stock trades at a price that looks expensive next to its earnings; that can cap future returns.
The stock trades below its recent peak — about 8% off the top. A pullback, not a collapse.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 11% a year on average.
It met or beat analyst expectations in 7 of the last 8 quarters — consistency is a promise kept.
Today’s price already includes part of tomorrow’s optimism. Report-card grade: 38/100.
On our five-subject report card, CCEP sits near the top of the class. A high grade doesn’t mean “guaranteed win” — it means “the evidence looks strong for now.”
The takeaway: CCEP is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s whether the price paid for the stock is too high.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.