DEO vs ABEV vs KO Stock Comparison

Diageo, Ambev and Coca Cola Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DEO Diageo Plc
$95.94 +11.4% 1M -1.0% 1Y
Market cap
$52.55B
P/E
30.7x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Spirits and Wine Consumer Staples
1 win
ABEV Ambev S.A.
$3.30 +12.6% 1M +49.3% 1Y
Market cap
$44.28B
P/E
14.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.68B
Div. yield
–
Brewers Consumer Staples
5 wins
KO Coca Cola Co
$92.70 +5.2% 1M +32.5% 1Y
Market cap
$398.65B
P/E
27.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$50.13B
Div. yield
–
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Coca Cola leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Coca Cola 5, Ambev 5, Diageo 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDEOABEVKOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $52.55B $44.28B $398.65B KO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 30.7x 14.1x 27.8x ABEV
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.4x 17.4x 28.6x DEO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +4.1% +6.5% KO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 18.8% 28.6% KO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 25.3% 15.4% ABEV
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.4x 1.9x ABEV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -1.0% +49.3% +32.5% ABEV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -13.8%/yr +4.7%/yr +11.2%/yr KO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 34.2% 32.5% 19.2% KO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 39/100 67/100 59/100 ABEV

Percentile Scorecard

DEOABEVKO

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisDEOABEVKO
Valuation 43 #22 of 38 78 #9 of 38 27 #28 of 38
Growth – 31 #23 of 33 63 #13 of 33
Profitability – 100 #1 of 32 97 #2 of 32
Financial Health 30 #27 of 38 84 #7 of 38 60 #16 of 38
Shareholder Returns 44 #14 of 24 39 #15 of 24 48 #13 of 24
Overall 39 67 59
  • DEO ranked among 41 companies in Beverages
  • ABEV ranked among 41 companies in Beverages
  • KO ranked among 41 companies in Beverages

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodDEOABEVKOSPY
1 month +11.4%+12.6%+5.2% -1.0%
3 months +15.5%+7.8%+12.7% +2.9%
6 months +21.0%+14.6%+21.0% +6.4%
Year to date +11.2%+33.6%+32.6% +11.4%
1 year -1.0%+49.3%+32.5% +13.1%
3 years -37.8%+32.0%+66.6% +79.4%
3 years, per year -14.6%+9.7%+18.6% +21.5%
5 years -52.4%+26.0%+70.2% +67.7%
5 years, per year -13.8%+4.7%+11.2% +10.9%
10 years -11.4%-47.3%+120.0% +255.2%
10 years, per year -1.2%-6.2%+8.2% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureDEOABEVKOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 34.2%32.5%19.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 36.3%29.6%16.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.260.52-0.27 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.031.521.70 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -67.4%-46.2%-20.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.1%-3.8%-2.8% -2.5%
52-week high $102.14$3.43$95.34 $779.14
52-week low $72.47$2.18$67.54 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleDEOABEVKO
P/E now vs peer median 30.7xmedian 27.0x 16.4xmedian 27.0x 27.9xmedian 27.0x
P/S now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 1.6x 3.1xmedian 1.6x 8.0xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.4x 8.6xmedian 14.4x 27.0xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 18.3xmedian 18.3x 8.6xmedian 18.3x 27.9xmedian 18.3x
P/B now vs peer median 4.5xmedian 2.8x 3.0xmedian 2.8x 10.4xmedian 2.8x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.03 4.75median 2.03 2.51median 2.03

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsDEOABEVKO
Revenue – $16.68B $50.13B
Gross profit – $8.66B $31.02B
Operating income – $4.53B $14.85B
Net income – $3.16B $14.40B
Free cash flow – $6.02B $14.30B
EPS (diluted) – $0.20 $3.32
Cash & equivalents $1.52B $3.21B $12.91B
Total debt $93.75B $2.67B $177.22B
Shares (diluted) 557.75M 15.68B 4.31B
Enterprise value $32.62B $29.57B $385.12B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricDEOABEVKO
P/E 30.7x 16.4x 27.9x
P/FCF 18.3x 8.6x 27.9x
P/Operating cash flow – 9.9x 24.4x
P/S 2.1x 3.1x 8.0x
P/B 4.5x 3.0x 10.4x
P/Tangible book 4.5x 3.4x 15.5x
EV/EBITDA – 8.6x 27.0x
EV/EBIT – 11.0x 28.9x
EV/Revenue – 3.0x 8.6x
EV/FCF – 8.2x 30.0x
EV/Operating cash flow – 9.4x 26.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 4.75 2.51

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDEOABEVKO
Revenue growth (1Y) – 4.1% 6.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 1.4% 4.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 4.9% 7.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 2.7% 6.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 13.0% 12.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 9.5% 10.8%
Net income growth (1Y) – 19.2% 18.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 3.6% 11.1%
EPS growth (1Y) – -14.2% 17.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 3.5% 11.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 14.3% 1,156%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 9.6% 13.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 11.2% 2,080%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 4.9% 14.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDEOABEVKO
Gross margin – 51.9% 61.9%
EBITDA margin – 34.6% 31.7%
Operating margin – 27.1% 29.6%
Pretax margin – 23.1% 34.4%
Net margin – 18.8% 28.6%
FCF margin – 36.1% 28.5%
Operating cash flow margin – 31.5% 32.6%
Return on equity – 18.4% 38.9%
Return on assets – 11.7% 13.6%
Return on invested capital – 25.3% 15.4%
Return on capital employed – 23.5% 18.4%
Asset turnover – 0.6x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.7x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDEOABEVKO
Debt / assets 48.7% 4.1% 40.3%
Debt / equity 1.8x 0.1x 1.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.4x 1.9x
Debt / FCF – 0.2x 3.0x
Liabilities / assets 72.3% 35.7% 64.5%
Equity / assets 27.7% 64.3% 35.5%
Interest coverage – 5.7x 9.5x
Current ratio 1.6x 1.0x 1.3x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.5x 0.5x
Altman Z-score – 4.55 5.53

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDEOABEVKO
Dividend yield 2.1% 0.9% 2.3%
Net buyback yield – 1.0% 0.1%
Shareholder yield 2.1% 1.9% 2.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusDEOABEVKO
Forward P/E 15.4xFY2027 17.4xFY2026 28.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $6.25FY2027 $0.19FY2026 $3.24FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -5.2%FY2027 +5.6%FY2026 +8.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +8.0% +15.8% +11.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $19.88BFY2027 $18.73BFY2026 $47.01BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.2%FY2027 +8.3%FY2026 -1.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +2.8% +0.2% +0.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDEOABEVKO
Held by institutions 9.2% 6.7% 75.2%
Institutions holding 719 403 3,641
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.4% +0.9% +1.9%
Institutions buying 333 199 1,806
Institutions selling 256 131 1,359
Buyers to sellers 1.30 1.52 1.33

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

DEOABEVKO
DEO 1.00 0.31 0.39
ABEV 0.31 1.00 0.23
KO 0.39 0.23 1.00

Add a Peer

Largest companies in the same industry

Related Comparisons

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DEO, ABEV and KO?

Coca Cola (KO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Diageo (DEO) $52.55B, Ambev (ABEV) $44.28B, Coca Cola (KO) $398.65B.

Which stock is cheaper, DEO, ABEV and KO?

Ambev (ABEV) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Diageo (DEO) 30.7x, Ambev (ABEV) 14.1x, Coca Cola (KO) 27.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Diageo (DEO) is cheapest (Diageo (DEO) 15.4x, Ambev (ABEV) 17.4x, Coca Cola (KO) 28.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Coca Cola (KO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ambev (ABEV) +4.1%, Coca Cola (KO) +6.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Coca Cola (KO) has the highest net margin (Ambev (ABEV) 18.8%, Coca Cola (KO) 28.6%). On return on invested capital, Ambev (ABEV) leads (Ambev (ABEV) 25.3%, Coca Cola (KO) 15.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ambev (ABEV) returned the most: Diageo (DEO) -1.0%, Ambev (ABEV) +49.3%, Coca Cola (KO) +32.5%. Over five years, Coca Cola (KO) compounded fastest (Diageo (DEO) -13.8%/yr, Ambev (ABEV) +4.7%/yr, Coca Cola (KO) +11.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Coca Cola (KO) has been the steadiest (Diageo (DEO) 34.2%, Ambev (ABEV) 32.5%, Coca Cola (KO) 19.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DEO, ABEV and KO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Coca Cola (KO) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.