Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) Stock Analysis & Winston Score

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC, together with its subsidiaries, produces, distributes, and sells a range of non-alcoholic ready to drink beverages. The company offers flavours, mixers, and energy drinks; soft drinks, waters, enhanced water, and isotonic drinks; and ready-to-drink tea and coffee, juices, and other drinks. It provides its products under the Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Fanta, Sprite, Monster Energy, Coca-Cola Energy, Relentless, nalu, URGE, BURN, Kuli, REIGN, PO

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+0.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+68.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

55.0%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$918M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is growing revenue at 0% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Share count broadly stable

−0.2% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 457.0M (2021) → 456.0M (2025)

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Quality

Gross Margin

35.8%

Modest — 35.8% gross margin

Operating Margin

13.4%

Healthy — 13.4% operating margin

ROCE

8.0%

Weak — 8.0% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+16.0%

Fast-growing sales (16.0% YoY)

EPS YoY

+5.2%

Modest earnings growth (5.2% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

178%

Turns 178% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

10.7%

Modest free cash flow (10.7%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

1.29

Elevated debt (1.29)

Interest Cover

9.61x

Comfortably covers interest (9.6x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

14.3x

Attractive valuation — P/E 14.3

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

-3.9

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

2.48%

Moderate income — 2.48% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth

+18.4%

Dividend growing fast (18.4% YoY)

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