V Group (OTCMKTS:VGID – Get Free Report) and Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP – Get Free Report) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
52.3% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for V Group and Keurig Dr Pepper, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| V Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Keurig Dr Pepper | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2.56 |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares V Group and Keurig Dr Pepper’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| V Group | N/A | N/A | N/A | ($0.18) | N/A |
| Keurig Dr Pepper | $14.06 billion | 3.15 | $1.44 billion | $1.14 | 27.81 |
Keurig Dr Pepper has higher revenue and earnings than V Group. V Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Keurig Dr Pepper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares V Group and Keurig Dr Pepper’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| V Group | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Keurig Dr Pepper | 11.00% | 9.72% | 4.73% |
Summary
Keurig Dr Pepper beats V Group on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About V Group
V Group, Inc. provides beverages primarily in the United States. It offers antioxidant nutritional drinks in natural flavors, such as Love Red, Powerful Purple, Outrageous Orange, and Raw Green under the and brand. The company is based in Carlsbad, California.
About Keurig Dr Pepper
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. operates as a beverage company in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: Coffee Systems, Packaged Beverages, Beverage Concentrates, and Latin America Beverages. The Coffee Systems segment manufactures and distributes various finished goods related to its coffee systems, K-Cup pods, and brewers, as well as specialty coffee. This segment sells its brewers through third-party distributors and retail partners, as well as through its website at keurig.com. The Packaged Beverages segment engages in the manufacture and distribution of packaged beverages of company's brands; contract manufacturing of various private label and emerging brand beverages; and distribution of packaged beverages for partner brands. The Beverage Concentrates segment manufactures and sells beverage concentrates primarily under the Dr Pepper, Canada Dry, Schweppes, Crush, A&W, Sunkist, 7UP, SunDrop, Squirt, Big Red, Hawaiian Punch, and RC Cola brands. This segment also manufactures beverage concentrates into syrup. The Latin America Beverages segment manufactures and distributes carbonated mineral water, flavored carbonated soft drinks, bottled water, and vegetable juice products under the Peñafiel, Clamato, Squirt, Mott's, Dr Pepper, Crush, and Aguafiel brands. The company serves retailers, bottlers and distributors, restaurants, hotel chains, office coffee distributors, and end-use consumers. Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.
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