KO vs ABEV vs CELH Stock Comparison

Coca Cola, Ambev and Celsius Holdings Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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KO Coca Cola Co
$91.18 +3.8% 1M +30.1% 1Y
Market cap
$395.27B
P/E
27.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$51.05B
Div. yield
–
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
4 wins
ABEV Ambev S.A.
$2.88 -1.0% 1M +29.7% 1Y
Market cap
$43.49B
P/E
13.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.68B
Div. yield
–
Brewers Consumer Staples
6 wins
CELH Celsius Holdings, Inc.
$28.00 +0.0% 1M -55.0% 1Y
Market cap
$7.11B
P/E
118.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.05B
Div. yield
–
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Ambev leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Ambev 6, Coca Cola 4, Celsius Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionKOABEVCELHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $395.27B $43.49B $7.11B KO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 27.0x 13.9x 118.6x ABEV
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 28.1x 15.2x 20.4x ABEV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.1% +4.1% +82.9% CELH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 18.8% 2.0% ABEV
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 25.3% 7.7% ABEV
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.4x 0.2x ABEV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +30.1% +29.7% -55.0% KO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +10.2%/yr -0.4%/yr -3.0%/yr KO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 19.2% 35.9% 63.9% KO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 52/100 68/100 63/100 ABEV

Percentile Scorecard

KOABEVCELH

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

AxisKOABEVCELH
Valuation 19 #31 of 38 87 #6 of 38 54 #18 of 38
Growth 50 #17 of 33 28 #24 of 33 88 #5 of 33
Profitability 73 #9 of 31 100 #1 of 31 60 #13 of 31
Financial Health 61 #15 of 37 81 #8 of 37 64 #14 of 37
Shareholder Returns 55 #11 of 23 46 #13 of 23 50 #12 of 23
Overall 52 68 63
  • KO ranked among 41 companies in Beverages
  • ABEV ranked among 41 companies in Beverages
  • CELH ranked among 41 companies in Beverages

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodKOABEVCELHSPY
1 month +3.8%-1.0%+0.0% -0.2%
3 months +3.2%-7.7%-4.9% +3.9%
6 months +16.4%-1.0%-14.2% +8.2%
Year to date +30.4%+16.6%-38.8% +12.9%
1 year +30.1%+29.7%-55.0% +12.3%
3 years +65.1%+18.0%-47.4% +87.4%
3 years, per year +18.2%+5.7%-19.3% +23.3%
5 years +62.7%-2.0%-14.1% +67.9%
5 years, per year +10.2%-0.4%-3.0% +10.9%
10 years +116.5%-53.2%+3,900.0% +261.1%
10 years, per year +8.0%-7.3%+44.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureKOABEVCELHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 19.2%35.9%63.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 17.0%37.3%70.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.280.461.06 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.570.83-0.86 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -20.9%-46.2%-77.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.4%-16.0%-55.0% -1.2%
52-week high $95.34$3.43$62.22 $779.14
52-week low $67.54$2.18$23.77 $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.

MultipleKOABEVCELH
P/E now vs peer median 26.8xmedian 26.1x 14.3xmedian 26.1x 119.0xmedian 26.1x
P/S now vs peer median 7.7xmedian 1.6x 2.7xmedian 1.6x 2.3xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.0x 7.5xmedian 14.0x 29.6xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 25.9xmedian 18.1x 7.5xmedian 18.1x 15.3xmedian 18.1x
P/B now vs peer median 9.9xmedian 2.6x 2.6xmedian 2.6x 5.9xmedian 2.6x
PEG now vs peer median 2.45median 2.07 4.15median 2.07 3.53median 2.07

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 monthsKOABEVCELH
Revenue $51.05B $16.68B $3.05B
Gross profit $31.82B $8.66B $1.49B
Operating income $15.34B $4.53B $160.31M
Net income $14.78B $3.16B $129.12M
Free cash flow – $6.02B $462.77M
EPS (diluted) $3.39 $0.20 $0.23
Cash & equivalents $13.45B $3.21B $631.23M
Total debt $73.00M $2.67B $667.85M
Shares (diluted) 4.31B 15.68B 256.93M
Enterprise value $358.28B $28.78B $4.73B

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
MetricKOABEVCELH
P/E 26.8x 14.3x 119.0x
P/FCF 25.9x 7.5x 15.3x
P/Operating cash flow 24.2x 8.6x 13.9x
P/S 7.7x 2.7x 2.3x
P/B 9.9x 2.6x 5.9x
P/Tangible book 14.5x 3.0x -39.4x
EV/EBITDA – 7.5x 29.6x
EV/EBIT – 9.5x 44.5x
EV/Revenue 7.4x 2.6x 2.3x
EV/FCF – 7.1x 15.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 23.3x 8.2x 14.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.45 4.15 3.53

Growth

14 metrics
MetricKOABEVCELH
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.1% 4.1% 82.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.3% 1.4% 47.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.3% 4.9% 76.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.1% 2.7% 51.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 4.8% 13.0% -7.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 11.3% 9.5% 62.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 13.4% 19.2% -2.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 11.1% 3.6% 46.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 12.3% -14.2% -36.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 11.0% 3.5% 33.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 113.4% 14.3% 115.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.0% 9.6% 66.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 11.2% 119.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 4.9% 67.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricKOABEVCELH
Gross margin – 51.9% 48.8%
EBITDA margin – 34.6% 7.9%
Operating margin – 27.1% 5.3%
Pretax margin – 23.1% 4.6%
Net margin – 18.8% 2.0%
FCF margin – 36.1% 15.2%
Operating cash flow margin 31.8% 31.5% 16.7%
Return on equity 38.0% 18.4% 10.5%
Return on assets 13.7% 11.7% 2.5%
Return on invested capital – 25.3% 7.7%
Return on capital employed – 23.5% 3.9%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.6x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.7x 3.9x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 0.5% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricKOABEVCELH
Debt / assets – 4.1% 12.9%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.1x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.4x 0.2x
Debt / FCF – 0.2x 1.4x
Liabilities / assets – 35.7% 76.8%
Equity / assets 36.6% 64.3% 23.2%
Interest coverage – 5.7x 3.0x
Current ratio 1.4x 1.0x 1.8x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.6x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.5x 0.6x
Altman Z-score – 4.13 2.04

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricKOABEVCELH
Dividend yield 2.3% 1.0% –
Net buyback yield – 1.2% 1.0%
Shareholder yield 2.3% 2.2% 1.0%
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.

ConsensusKOABEVCELH
Forward P/E 28.1xFY2026 15.2xFY2026 20.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.24FY2026 $0.19FY2026 $1.37FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +8.0%FY2026 +5.6%FY2026 +2.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +11.7% +15.8% +21.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $47.01BFY2026 $18.71BFY2026 $3.30BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.9%FY2026 +8.2%FY2026 +30.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.3% +0.1% +0.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersKOABEVCELH
Held by institutions 75.2% 6.7% 65.3%
Institutions holding 3,642 403 540
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.9% +0.9% +5.3%
Institutions buying 1,807 199 296
Institutions selling 1,359 131 179
Buyers to sellers 1.33 1.52 1.65

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.

KOABEVCELH
KO 1.00 0.20 0.17
ABEV 0.20 1.00 0.09
CELH 0.17 0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, KO, ABEV and CELH?

Coca Cola (KO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Coca Cola (KO) $395.27B, Ambev (ABEV) $43.49B, Celsius Holdings (CELH) $7.11B.

Which stock is cheaper, KO, ABEV and CELH?

Ambev (ABEV) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Coca Cola (KO) 27.0x, Ambev (ABEV) 13.9x, Celsius Holdings (CELH) 118.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ambev (ABEV) is cheapest (Coca Cola (KO) 28.1x, Ambev (ABEV) 15.2x, Celsius Holdings (CELH) 20.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Celsius Holdings (CELH) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Coca Cola (KO) +7.1%, Ambev (ABEV) +4.1%, Celsius Holdings (CELH) +82.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ambev (ABEV) has the highest net margin (Ambev (ABEV) 18.8%, Celsius Holdings (CELH) 2.0%). On return on invested capital, Ambev (ABEV) leads (Ambev (ABEV) 25.3%, Celsius Holdings (CELH) 7.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Coca Cola (KO) returned the most: Coca Cola (KO) +30.1%, Ambev (ABEV) +29.7%, Celsius Holdings (CELH) -55.0%. Over five years, Coca Cola (KO) compounded fastest (Coca Cola (KO) +10.2%/yr, Ambev (ABEV) -0.4%/yr, Celsius Holdings (CELH) -3.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Coca Cola (KO) has been the steadiest (Coca Cola (KO) 19.2%, Ambev (ABEV) 35.9%, Celsius Holdings (CELH) 63.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ambev (ABEV) leads on 6. 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.