5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Coca-Cola Enterprises
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Coca-Cola bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYS: CCE) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Coca-Cola Enterprises and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Coca-Cola Enterprises facts
Headquarters (founded) | Atlanta (1986) |
Market Cap | $8.2 billion |
Industry | Soft drinks |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $8.3 billion |
Management | Chairman/CEO John Brock |
Trailing-12-Month Return on Equity | 24.4% |
Cash/Debt | $297 million / $3 billion |
Dividend Yield | 2.3% |
Competitors | Danone |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 89% of the 282 members who have rated Coca-Cola Enterprises believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, PJR02, highlighted the stock as an enhanced way to play Coca-Cola:
Two major things I feel benefit [Coca-Cola Enterprises] over [Coca-Cola] -- (1) number one supplier in Europe, I believe that may be holding this down right due to the European crisis, even though people are still buying their products and (2) number of shares have been [decreasing faster than Coca-Cola] with per shares values on the rise. I feel this company will easily outperform both the S&P and [Coca-Cola] through 2020.
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At the time thisarticle was published Fool contributor Brian Pacampara owns no position in any of the companies mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. Motley Fool newsletter services have recommended buying shares of Coca-Cola, as well as creating a diagonal call position in PepsiCo. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days.We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Fool's disclosure policy always gets a perfect score.
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