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Makes and markets Vita Coco brand coconut water and other plant-based beverages sold at retail.
Makes and markets Vita Coco brand coconut water and other plant-based beverages sold at retail.
Owns the brand and contracts out production, buying coconut water from suppliers in Southeast Asia and Brazil, and sells through grocery and wholesale chains, a few of which account for a big share of sales. It also supplies coconut water under retailers' private labels. The US is its largest market.
Moat: narrow (brand, distribution). First-mover/category-leading brand recognition in coconut water with established retail shelf space.
Headquarters: New York, US · Founded: 2004 · Employees: 336
Size Vita Coco (COCO) is a United States Consumer Staples company (Food: Specialty/Candy) with a market value of $3.56B, the 1422nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $62.45 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 12.8%, against -1.9% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 26.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.2%); the operating margin is 19.9% (peer median 9.3%).
Valuation It trades at 30.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.0× (4th most expensive of 20).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 8% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +14%, so the hurdle is -6 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 33.0 points above its cost of capital (8.6% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 12.1% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 11 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $768M | $610M | $516M | $494M | $428M |
| Revenue growth | — | +18% | +5% | +15% | — |
| Gross profit | $311M | $222M | $198M | $180M | $101M |
| EBITDA | $155M | $83.7M | $74.6M | $57.2M | $12.7M |
| Net income | $120M | $71.3M | $56.0M | $46.6M | $7.81M |
| Free cash flow | $144M | $39.0M | $41.9M | $107M | -$11.9M |
| Capital expenditure | $4.03M | $8.15M | $974,000 | $599,000 | $982,000 |
| Total debt | $13.7M | $14.8M | $435,000 | $1.65M | $2.83M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vita Coco COCO | $3.56B | -13% | +26% | 20% | 30.2× | 8.4% |
| PepsiCo PEP | $193B | -8% | +6% | 16% | 16.6× | -5.5% |
| Coca-Cola Company (The) KO | $412B | +23% | +8% | 32% | 27.6× | 2.8% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | COCO | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +11.6% | +3.2% | 6th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -12.8% | -1.9% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -27.2% | -17.1% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +26.0% | +8.2% | highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 19.9% | 9.3% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 30.2× | 18.0× | 4th most expensive of 20 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 8.4% | 4.5% | 7th most demanding of 17 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +14.4% | +9.1% | 5th highest of 17 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -6.0 pp | -8.3 pp | 8th most demanding of 17 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +33.0 pp | +2.2 pp | 2nd highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 22.1× | 11.0× | 2nd most expensive of 16 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.9× | 0.8× | 5th least indebted of 16 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vita Coco COCO | United States | $3.56B | -13% | +26% | 20% | 30.2× | 8.4% | +14.4% |
| Ashland ASH | United States | $3.51B | +39% | +2% | 7% | 18.0× | 12.3% | -2.5% |
| Post POST | United States | $3.65B | -19% | +6% | 10% | 11.8× | -2.1% | +7.4% |
| Jinan Shengquan Group Share 605589.SS | China | $3.46B | -30% | +12% | 8% | 19.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Orion 271560.KS | South Korea | $3.45B | -18% | +11% | 17% | 9.9× | -17.1% | +8.4% |
| Tate & Lyle TATE.L | United Kingdom | $3.34B | +53% | +16% | 9% | 15.2× | 10.8% | +10.6% |
| Anjoy Foods 603345.SS | China | $3.82B | -20% | +19% | 12% | 17.3× | -4.3% | +18.4% |
| Greencore GNC.L | United Kingdom | $3.23B | +31% | +26% | 6% | 14.3× | 22.4% | +9.0% |
| Greggs GRG.L | United Kingdom | $3.20B | +42% | +7% | 9% | 18.1× | 10.5% | +21.5% |
| Freshpet FRPT | United States | $3.09B | +21% | +12% | 9% | 34.9× | 28.5% | +28.2% |
| MeiHua 600873.SS | China | $2.99B | -27% | -3% | 4% | 14.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Tootsie Roll Industries TR | United States | $2.92B | -8% | +2% | 12% | n/a | 14.1% | +9.2% |
| Marzetti MZTI | United States | $2.86B | -8% | -1% | 11% | 15.6× | -2.4% | +5.6% |
| Kotobuki Spirits 2222.T | Japan | $2.81B | +41% | +10% | 25% | 29.3× | 5.2% | +27.7% |
| Aak AAK.ST | Sweden | $4.88B | -30% | -1% | 10% | 13.6× | -6.0% | +10.5% |
| House Foods 2810.T | Japan | $2.58B | +49% | 0% | 6% | 27.2× | 5.0% | +4.9% |
| Suedzucker SZU.DE | Germany | $2.57B | -5% | -5% | -3% | 34.2× | 0.7% | +4.6% |
| Angel Yeast 600298.SS | China | $4.97B | +2% | +15% | 11% | 19.1× | 4.1% | +13.4% |
| Sensient Technologies SXT | United States | $5.07B | +1% | +10% | 15% | 25.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Yamazaki Baking 2212.T | Japan | $5.08B | +21% | +5% | 5% | 18.0× | -3.3% | +5.3% |
| Lotus 600186.SS | China | $2.37B | -18% | +21% | 13% | 35.2× | n/a | n/a |