Today's MarketStats on beverage companies companies include: Clearly Canadian Beverage Corporation (OTCBB: CCBEF), National Beverage Corp. (Nasdaq: FIZZ), Cadbury Schweppes PLC (NYSE: CSG) Hansen Natural Corp. (Nasdaq: HANS), and Jones Soda Corp. (Nasdaq: JSDA).
Clearly Canadian Beverage Corporation (OTCBB: CCBEF) Clearly Canadian markets, distributes and sells alternative beverages, including Clearly Canadian sparkling flavored waters and Clearly Canadian dailyEnergy, dailyVitamin and dailyHydration Natural Enhanced Waters, which are distributed in the United States, Canada and various other countries.
The company recently announced a strategic move, appointing Bobby Genovese as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Genovese has over 15 years of mergers and acquisition experience, and has consulted for numerous multi-million dollar corporations. As CEO, he will be able to focus on specific tasks such as accelerating growth initiatives for existing divisions and continued expansion into the emergent natural and organic markets. As part of this corporate reorganization, Brent Lokash, former CEO, will now focus on leading the Company’s beverage division. This move will allow each to focus on their core strenghts and experience in an overall attempt to increase shareholder value.
The stock has recently experienced a nice increase in price, forming a “triple top” on a technical analysis pattern which is indicative of continued upside movement.
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National Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ: FIZZ) National Beverage Corp. develops, manufactures, markets and distributes a portfolio of beverage products throughout the United States. The Company develops and sells flavored beverage products, including a selection of flavored soft drinks, juices, sparkling waters and energy drinks. Its flagship brands, Shasta and Faygo, each have over 50 flavor varieties. National Beverage also offers a line of flavored beverage products for health-conscious consumers, including Everfresh, Home Juice, and Mr. Pure 100% juice and juice-based products, and LaCroix, Mt. Shasta, Crystal Bay and ClearFruit flavored and spring water products. In addition, the Company produces energy drinks and powdered beverage products, including Rip It, Rip It Chic, FREEK and PowerBlast.
Because FIZZ is in the Beverages (Nonalcoholic) industry and has positive earnings, the PE and Price to Book ratios are the most appropriate valuation measures. The Price to Sales ratio is less instructive than the PE since the company has positive earnings. Therefore FIZZ seems valued at a discount with a PE value of 15.042, one of the lowest in the Beverages (Nonalcoholic) industry.
FIZZ uses little or no debt in its capital structure and may have less financial risk than the industry aggregate.
Cadbury Schweppes Plc (NYSE: CSG) Cadbury Schweppes plc engages in the confectionery and nonalcoholic beverages businesses worldwide. The company's beverage products include carbonated water, apple juice, quinine-based carbonated drink, carbonated soft drink, noncarbonated soft drink, and tomato-based drink under Dr.Pepper, Schweppes, 7 Up, Snapple, Mott's, Hawaiian Punch, Clamato, and Schweppes Tonic Water brand names. The company was founded in 1783 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Despite one of the lowest gross margins, the net margin at CSG is in line with the Beverages (Nonalcoholic) industry median. This could mean that the company pays out a smaller percentage of its revenues to fixed operating costs than do its peers.
The company is consistent, if not average, compared to other companies in the Beverages (Nonalcoholic) industry. With a Return on Assets, Revenues Per Employee, and Return on Equity of 2.15%, $187,430.80, and 6.27% respectively, the company is by all measures doing a fair job relative to it's industry peers.
Hansen Natural Corp. (Nasdaq: HANS) Hansen Natural Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, marketing, sale, and distribution of beverages in the United States and Canada. It offers natural sodas, fruit juices and juice drinks, energy drinks and energy sports drinks, fruit juice smoothies and functional drinks, non-carbonated ready-to-drink iced teas, lemonades, juice cocktails, children's multi-vitamin juice drinks, and non-carbonated lightly flavored energy waters under the Hansen's brand name. The company also offers energy drinks under Monster Energy, Lost Energy, Joker Mad Energy, Unbound Energy, and Ace brand names, as well as Rumba brand energy juice. The company was founded in 1985 and is based in Corona, California.
Based on its gross margin, operating margin, and net margin, HANS converts a larger percentage of its revenues to profits than most other companies in the Beverages (Nonalcoholic) industry. Furthermore, the company is profitable with an operating margin of 25.01%.
Hansen is consistently one of the most efficient companies in the Beverages (Nonalcoholic) industry. The company has little or no debt and, thus, little financial risk.
Jones Soda Co. (Nasdaq: JSDA) Jones Soda Co. engages in the development, production, marketing, and distribution of beverages primarily in the United States and Canada. The company distributes its products through a network of independent distributors and national retail accounts, as well as through licensing and distribution arrangements. Jones Soda was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Based on its gross, operating, and net margins, JSDA converts a percentage of its revenues to profits that is inline with other companies in the Beverages (Nonalcoholic) industry. However, the company, like most others in the industry, is losing money on an operating basis.
JSDA saw earnings decline in spite of positive revenue growth during the past twelve months. Additionally, the average company in the Beverages (Nonalcoholic) industry was able to improve its earnings result over this same period.
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