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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: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Coca Cola Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) has a Due Diligence Score of 51, which is 16 points higher than the beverage industry average of 35.

COKE passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Coca Cola Consolidated has seen its stock lose -4.17% over the past year, underperforming other beverage stocks by -4 percentage points.

Pepsico (NASDAQ:PEP) 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 Pepsico (NASDAQ:PEP) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Pepsico (NASDAQ:PEP) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 8 points higher than the beverage industry average of 35.

PEP passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Pepsico has seen its stock lose -15.45% over the past year, underperforming other beverage stocks by -15 percentage points.

Pepsico has an average 1 year price target of $153.60, an upside of 3.16% from Pepsico's current stock price of $148.89.

Pepsico stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Pepsico, 30% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 70% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNST) 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 Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNST) is: Value: D, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNST) has a Due Diligence Score of 54, which is 19 points higher than the beverage industry average of 35.

MNST passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Monster Beverage has seen its stock return 29.93% over the past year, overperforming other beverage stocks by 30 percentage points.

Monster Beverage has an average 1 year price target of $68.46, an upside of 1.94% from Monster Beverage's current stock price of $67.15.

Monster Beverage stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Monster Beverage, 54.55% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 9.09% have issued a Buy, 27.27% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 9.09% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 6 beverage stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 beverage stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Primo Brands (NYSE:PRMB) has an annual dividend yield of 5.53%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the beverage industry average of 2.84%. Primo Brands's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Primo Brands's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Primo Brands's dividend payout ratio of -666.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Pepsico (NASDAQ:PEP) has an annual dividend yield of 3.73%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the beverage industry average of 2.84%. 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 105.4% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP) has an annual dividend yield of 3.48%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the beverage industry average of 2.84%. Keurig Dr Pepper's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Keurig Dr Pepper's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Keurig Dr Pepper's dividend payout ratio of 81.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Beverage stocks were down -0.51% in the last day, and up 2.11% 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:

Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV (NYSE:KOF) is the most undervalued beverage stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV has a valuation score of 43, which is 9 points higher than the beverage industry average of 34. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV's stock has dropped -5.69% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the beverage industry by -6 percentage points.

Andina Bottling Co (NYSE:AKO.B) is the second most undervalued beverage stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Andina Bottling Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 9 points higher than the beverage industry average of 34. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Andina Bottling Co's stock has gained 21.26% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the beverage industry by 21 percentage points.

Coca Cola Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) 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 Consolidated has a valuation score of 71, which is 37 points higher than the beverage industry average of 34. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Coca Cola Consolidated's stock has dropped -4.17% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the beverage industry by -4 percentage points.

58.33% of beverage stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect beverage stocks to rise by 14.35% over the next year.

0% of beverage stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 7.14% of beverage stocks are rated B (Buy), 92.86% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).