Arca Continental (EMBVF) & Its Rivals Financial Comparison

Arca Continental (OTCMKTS:EMBVF) is one of 140 public companies in the “Beverages” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Arca Continental to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Arca Continental and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arca Continental	0	0	4	0	3.00
Arca Continental Competitors	1242	4201	5622	220	2.43

As a group, “Beverages” companies have a potential upside of 24.93%. Given Arca Continental’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Arca Continental has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

6.2% of Arca Continental shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.7% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.1% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Arca Continental pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. Arca Continental pays out 38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Beverages” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.5% and pay out 40.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Arca Continental is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Arca Continental and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arca Continental	N/A	N/A	N/A
Arca Continental Competitors	-8.19%	-32.26%	0.11%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Arca Continental and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Arca Continental	N/A	N/A	3.00
Arca Continental Competitors	$21.67 billion	$883.52 million	10.59

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

Summary

Arca Continental rivals beat Arca Continental on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Arca Continental

Arca Continental, S.A.B. de C.V., together with its subsidiaries, produces, distributes, and sells non-alcoholic beverages in Mexico, Peru, the United States, Argentina, and Ecuador. It operates through Beverages and Other segments. The company's products include soft drinks, milk whole/light/flavored, fruit/soy, and energy/sports drinks; water; tea; sugar/candies; coffee; ice cream snow/cones; yogurt/cream cheese; potato, plantain, and tortilla chips; corn puffs, popcorn, pork rinds, peanuts/seeds, sauces/dips, and baked goods; and other carbonated and non-carbonated, and dairy beverages. It sells its products under the Coca-Cola Company, Aybal, DASANI, Ciel, Cepita Del Valle, Del Valle, Aquarius, Minute Maid, POWERADE, Fuze Tea, Ingenio Famaillá, Dulna, El Manjar Toni, Golos, Lato, BLaK, DUNKIN´DONUTS, Toni, Santa Clara, fairlife, Topsy, Tortolines, Prispas, Enre2, Tostitos, Bony, La Abeja, Bokados, Inalecsa, and Wise and Deep River brand names. The company sells its non-alcoholic beverages under the Coca-Cola Company brand; and snacks under the Bokados, Wise, Deep River, and other brands. Arca Continental, S.A.B. de C.V. is based in Monterrey, Mexico.