Coca-Cola European Partners PLC CCEP
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Coca-Cola European Partners PLC is a large-cap company in the Consumer Defensive sector (Beverages - Non-Alcoholic), with a market value of $44.4B, based in the USA.
It employs about 37,003 people and has been listed since Jan 01, 1987.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC, together with its subsidiaries, produces, distributes, and sells a range of non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages. It offers flavours, mixers, energy drinks, soft drinks, water, enhanced water, isotonic drinks, tea and coffee, juices, and other drinks. The company provides its products under the Coca-Cola Original Taste, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Diet Coke, Sprite, Sprite Zero Sugar, Fanta, Fanta Zero Sugar, Monster Energy, A&W, Absolut Vodka & SPRITE, Ades, Appletiser, aquaBona, Aquarius, BACARDÍ Mixed with Coca Cola RTD, Barista Bros, Bonaqua, BURN, Deep Spring, Dr Pepper, Dr Pepper Zero Sugar, Feral Brewing Co, Fuze Tea, Giancarlo Coffee, GLACEAU smartwater, Grinders, HALO, Jack Daniel's & Coca-Cola ready-to-drink, Kristal, L&P, MER, Minute Maid, Mother, Mount Franklin, Nordic Mist, Nutriboost, Oasis, Pulpy, pump, pumped, Reign, Rekorderlig Cider, Relentless, Royal, Royal Bliss, Schweppes, Schweppes Mix, SOCO, URGE, Vilas del Turbón, Voyage, Wilkins Pure, and Zephyr Coffee Co brands.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 20.1 versus 25.7 for the median of the Consumer Defensive sector in our universe (14 companies) — priced in line with its group.
Revenue is growing 4% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 18.2 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 108.66, 8% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 58% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • Net debt is 1.2× shareholders' equity — high leverage.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 9 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Buys back its shares (3% fewer shares in a year).
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (8 vs 1).
- ✅ Pays a dividend (2.4% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 0.7% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLP -1.9%).
No notable news about the company was found in the past week.
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.