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Best Beverage Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top beverage stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best beverage stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best non-alcoholic beverage stocks to buy right now are:

Coca Cola Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) is the #1 top beverage stock out of 16 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Coca Cola Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Coca Cola Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 5 points higher than the beverage industry average of 40.

COKE passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Coca Cola Consolidated has seen its stock return 66.03% over the past year, overperforming other beverage stocks by 30 percentage points.

Coca Cola Europacific Partners (NASDAQ:CCEP) is the #2 top beverage stock out of 16 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Coca Cola Europacific Partners (NASDAQ:CCEP) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Coca Cola Europacific Partners (NASDAQ:CCEP) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 3 points higher than the beverage industry average of 40.

CCEP passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Coca Cola Europacific Partners has seen its stock return 28.31% over the past year, underperforming other beverage stocks by -8 percentage points.

Coca Cola Europacific Partners has an average 1 year price target of $85.40, an upside of 0.59% from Coca Cola Europacific Partners's current stock price of $84.90.

Coca Cola Europacific Partners stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Coca Cola Europacific Partners, 60% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 20% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Coca Cola (NYSE:KO) is the #3 top beverage stock out of 16 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Coca Cola (NYSE:KO) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Coca Cola (NYSE:KO) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 2 points higher than the beverage industry average of 40.

KO passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Coca Cola has seen its stock return 16.16% over the past year, underperforming other beverage stocks by -20 percentage points.

Coca Cola has an average 1 year price target of $74.73, an upside of 8.5% from Coca Cola's current stock price of $68.87.

Coca Cola stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Coca Cola, 90.91% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 9.09% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 8 beverage stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 beverage stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

National Beverage (NASDAQ:FIZZ) has an annual dividend yield of 8.23%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the beverage industry average of 3.19%. National Beverage's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. National Beverage's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

National Beverage's dividend payout ratio of 163.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV (NYSE:KOF) has an annual dividend yield of 3.9%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the beverage industry average of 3.19%. Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four times in the last 10 years. Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV's dividend payout ratio of 73.6% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Pepsico (NASDAQ:PEP) has an annual dividend yield of 3.72%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the beverage industry average of 3.19%. Pepsico's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Pepsico's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Pepsico's dividend payout ratio of 76.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Beverage stocks were down -2.46% in the last day, and up 2.86% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why beverage stocks are down.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued beverage stocks right now are:

Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP) is the most undervalued beverage stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Keurig Dr Pepper has a valuation score of 71, which is 39 points higher than the beverage industry average of 32. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Keurig Dr Pepper's stock has gained 1.77% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the beverage industry by -34 percentage points.

Pepsico (NASDAQ:PEP) is the second most undervalued beverage stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Pepsico has a valuation score of 43, which is 11 points higher than the beverage industry average of 32. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Pepsico's stock has dropped -14.4% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the beverage industry by -50 percentage points.

Coca Cola Europacific Partners (NASDAQ:CCEP) is the third most undervalued beverage stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Coca Cola Europacific Partners has a valuation score of 71, which is 39 points higher than the beverage industry average of 32. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Coca Cola Europacific Partners's stock has gained 28.31% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the beverage industry by -8 percentage points.

50% of beverage stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect beverage stocks to rise by 15.82% over the next year.

0% of beverage stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 9.09% of beverage stocks are rated B (Buy), 81.82% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 9.09% are rated F (Strong Sell).