# Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP.LSE)

Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/CCEP.LSE

Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z. Financial observations: FY1996–FY2025.

Listing currency: GBX. Reporting currency: EUR.

## Verdict

Not a wonderful business

Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: pass; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no.

Share price: GBX 8,300.00 per share; close as of 2026-10-15.

Estimated value: low GBX 4,264.00 per share, central GBX 4,809.81 per share, high GBX 5,536.40 per share. Buy at or below the central value GBX 4,809.81 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals.

Expected annual return: 6.9% at the stated quote. About 6.9% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%). required return 10.0% a year (10% floor; GB 10-year bond 5.4% + 4 points).

## Checklist

### understandable: pass

- 1 revenue decline in the last 10 years (informational)

- Financial history: 10 years

- Years with declining revenue: 1

- Years with a net loss: 0

- Operating margin variation: 0.15×

Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: 0.14×

- FY2017: 0.13×

- FY2018: 0.14×

- FY2019: 0.14×

- FY2020: 0.08×

- FY2021: 0.11×

- FY2022: 0.12×

- FY2023: 0.13×

- FY2024: 0.10×

- FY2025: 0.13×

### moat: fail

- ROIC median below threshold

- ROIC worst years below threshold (more than 1 bad year allowed)

- ROIC, median of available years: 12.1%

- ROIC, second-lowest year: 7.7%

- Typical minus recent gross margin: 1.3 pp

- Typical gross margin (annual median): 36.9%

- Recent gross margin (lower of latest and 3-year median): 35.6%

- Years with nonpositive capital: 0

- Capital spending / revenue: 3.9%

- ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: 7.7%

Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: 9.9%

- FY2017: 9.4%

- FY2018: 13.1%

- FY2019: 12.7%

- FY2020: 6.4%

- FY2021: 7.7%

- FY2022: 12.4%

- FY2023: 13.8%

- FY2024: 11.8%

- FY2025: 15.9%

### economics: pass

- Owner earnings / net income, 5-yr: 1.05×

- Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No

- Owner earnings, five-year total: EUR 7.8B

- Net income, five-year total: EUR 7.4B

- Return on incremental invested capital: >100%

- Working capital / revenue, annual change: -1.8 pp

- Working capital / revenue, change between three-year averages: -11.8 pp

- Working capital / revenue, final three-year average: 3.1%

Chart: Annual owner cash / profit; fiscal year observations.

- FY2021: 1.25×

- FY2022: 1.05×

- FY2023: 0.99×

- FY2024: 1.00×

- FY2025: 1.03×

### management: pass

- potential debt-funded buybacks (informational)

- buybacks unrelated to price (informational)

- ROIC first 3 years vs last 3 years: 9.9% vs 13.8%

- Per-share earnings: 1.32 to 3.63 (three-year endpoint medians)

- Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes

- Ordinary dilution, 10-year annual growth: 6.8%

- Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: -0.3%

- Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: 6.8%

- Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: -0.3%

- Per-share value growth: 13.5%

- Per-share value change: EUR 2.31

- Per-share value, starting three-year median: EUR 1.32

- Per-share value, ending three-year median: EUR 3.63

- Buybacks concentrated in cheaper years (correlation): -0.40

- Average buyback yield: 2.0%

- Buyback history: 4 years

- Debt-funded buybacks: Yes

- Acquisition spending: EUR 14B

- Cumulative net income, 10 years: EUR 11B

- ROIC, first three-year median: 9.9%

- ROIC, last three-year median: 13.8%

Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: EUR 1.18

- FY2017: EUR 1.32

- FY2018: EUR 1.93

- FY2019: EUR 2.34

- FY2020: EUR 1.09

- FY2021: EUR 2.15

- FY2022: EUR 3.29

- FY2023: EUR 3.63

- FY2024: EUR 3.07

- FY2025: EUR 4.15

### accounting: pass

- Sloan accruals: -2.7%

- Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 0.95×

- Restructuring years, last five: 0

- Stock compensation / operating cash flow: 1.8%

- Earnings backed by cash: Yes

- Operating cash / earnings: 1.43×

- Accounting red flags: 0

- Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 2.17×

Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: -3.3%

- FY2017: -4.3%

- FY2018: -4.6%

- FY2019: -3.9%

- FY2020: -5.2%

- FY2021: -3.9%

- FY2022: -4.9%

- FY2023: -3.9%

- FY2024: -5.3%

- FY2025: -2.7%

## Holders

## Price story

Price needs cash profits to grow 8.1% a year for ten years · sales +2.3%

Story as of 2026-10-16T09:59:58.394Z; price observation 2026-10-15.

Price needs cash profits to grow 8.1% a year for ten years

### Sales · FY2024–2025

sales +2.3%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16.

- FY2016: EUR 9.6B 

- FY2017: EUR 10B 

- FY2018: EUR 12B 

- FY2019: EUR 12B 

- FY2020: EUR 11B 

- FY2021: EUR 14B 

- FY2022: EUR 17B 

- FY2023: EUR 18B 

- FY2024: EUR 20B 

- FY2025: EUR 21B 

### Gross margin · FY2025

gross margin 35.6%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16.

- FY2016: 38.3% 

- FY2017: 38.2% 

- FY2018: 38.2% 

- FY2019: 37.6% 

- FY2020: 35.2% 

- FY2021: 37.0% 

- FY2022: 35.9% 

- FY2023: 36.8% 

- FY2024: 35.6% 

- FY2025: 35.6% 

## Owner memo

Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z.

### How it makes money

Operates in beverages non-alcoholic; annual sales are EUR 20.9 billion.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z); FY2025: revenue 20901000000; grossProfit 7440000000; margin = grossProfit / revenue.

### Why customers stay

Margins ranged from 35.6% to 36.8% during 2023–25; it earns 12.1% on its capital.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z); FY2023: grossProfit / revenue = 36.8%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 35.6%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 35.6%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z); 10-year return on capital observations [[2016,0.09854222665414],[2017,0.0944048863398167],[2018,0.13056977688202553],[2019,0.1270747026236663],[2020,0.06351423004640334],[2021,0.0769797141188717],[2022,0.12365647868030788],[2023,0.1381810702187144],[2024,0.11849404490645514],[2025,0.15889258990253755]]; median 0.12107526179338152. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity.

### Can it raise prices

Kept about a 36% gross margin through 2022 cost inflation.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z); Gross margin observations: [[2021,0.3695415243769527],[2022,0.35935334872979213],[2023,0.36750081958255926]]; range within 2 percentage points.

### Where the cash goes

Paid dividends in 10 of 10 years; bought back EUR 1 billion of shares.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z); FY2016: growth capex 131097094; upkeep 390144953; owner earnings 575778438. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.22768670264099053.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z); FY2017: growth capex 28179573; upkeep 460266355; owner earnings 646251535. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.04360465155413518.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z); FY2018: growth capex 90817475; upkeep 528392586; owner earnings 938103243. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.09680968025392489.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z); FY2019: growth capex 0; upkeep 600256552; owner earnings 1046336102. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z); FY2020: growth capex 0; upkeep 408000000; owner earnings 623000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z); FY2021: growth capex 0; upkeep 349000000; owner earnings 1226400000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z); FY2022: growth capex 0; upkeep 603000000; owner earnings 1585800000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z); FY2023: growth capex 0; upkeep 672000000; owner earnings 1650600000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z); FY2024: growth capex 0; upkeep 791000000; owner earnings 1418400000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z); FY2025: growth capex 0; upkeep 720436014; owner earnings 1928212964. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z); Dividend observations: [[2016,213950458],[2017,459327036],[2018,529424602],[2019,572337642],[2020,386000000],[2021,638000000],[2022,763000000],[2023,841000000],[2024,910000000],[2025,890458909]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z); FY2025: cash repurchases 1004768090 EUR.

### Are managers owners

Insiders own 55.9% of the company.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); CCEP.LSE SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 55.940999999999995 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-16.

### What the price says

The price assumes cash profits grow 8.1% yearly over ten years; actual growth was 5.8%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:56.748Z); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate 0.10331972396385536. Price 8300; FX 84.48781222921298; discount 0.1; same standard ten-year fade to terminal 0.03. FY2015 owner earnings/share 2.44152947639485 → FY2025 4.293705481663583. Closing-price date 2026-10-15.

## Monthly share-price history (GBX per share)

- 2019-04: GBX 4,803.00 per share

- 2019-05: GBX 4,985.00 per share

- 2019-06: GBX 4,863.00 per share

- 2019-07: GBX 5,035.00 per share

- 2019-08: GBX 5,073.00 per share

- 2019-09: GBX 5,088.00 per share

- 2019-10: GBX 4,813.00 per share

- 2019-11: GBX 4,610.00 per share

- 2019-12: GBX 4,550.00 per share

- 2020-01: GBX 4,805.00 per share

- 2020-02: GBX 4,615.00 per share

- 2020-03: GBX 3,485.00 per share

- 2020-04: GBX 3,615.00 per share

- 2020-05: GBX 3,395.00 per share

- 2020-06: GBX 3,385.00 per share

- 2020-07: GBX 3,423.00 per share

- 2020-08: GBX 3,503.00 per share

- 2020-09: GBX 3,348.00 per share

- 2020-10: GBX 3,040.00 per share

- 2020-11: GBX 3,755.00 per share

- 2020-12: GBX 3,950.00 per share

- 2021-01: GBX 3,823.00 per share

- 2021-02: GBX 4,243.00 per share

- 2021-03: GBX 4,465.00 per share

- 2021-04: GBX 4,723.00 per share

- 2021-05: GBX 4,935.00 per share

- 2021-06: GBX 4,915.00 per share

- 2021-07: GBX 5,225.00 per share

- 2021-08: GBX 4,968.00 per share

- 2021-09: GBX 4,793.00 per share

- 2021-10: GBX 4,568.00 per share

- 2021-11: GBX 4,445.00 per share

- 2021-12: GBX 4,968.00 per share

- 2022-01: GBX 5,085.00 per share

- 2022-02: GBX 4,635.00 per share

- 2022-03: GBX 4,433.00 per share

- 2022-04: GBX 4,870.00 per share

- 2022-05: GBX 4,980.00 per share

- 2022-06: GBX 4,875.00 per share

- 2022-07: GBX 5,300.00 per share

- 2022-08: GBX 4,985.00 per share

- 2022-09: GBX 4,415.00 per share

- 2022-10: GBX 4,795.00 per share

- 2022-11: GBX 5,015.00 per share

- 2022-12: GBX 5,200.00 per share

- 2023-01: GBX 5,120.00 per share

- 2023-02: GBX 5,230.00 per share

- 2023-03: GBX 5,440.00 per share

- 2023-04: GBX 5,800.00 per share

- 2023-05: GBX 5,775.00 per share

- 2023-06: GBX 5,900.00 per share

- 2023-07: GBX 5,750.00 per share

- 2023-08: GBX 5,950.00 per share

- 2023-09: GBX 5,950.00 per share

- 2023-10: GBX 5,550.00 per share

- 2023-11: GBX 5,500.00 per share

- 2023-12: GBX 5,950.00 per share

- 2024-01: GBX 6,425.00 per share

- 2024-02: GBX 6,350.00 per share

- 2024-03: GBX 6,600.00 per share

- 2024-04: GBX 6,700.00 per share

- 2024-05: GBX 6,680.00 per share

- 2024-06: GBX 6,820.00 per share

- 2024-07: GBX 6,750.00 per share

- 2024-08: GBX 7,240.00 per share

- 2024-09: GBX 7,060.00 per share

- 2024-10: GBX 6,120.00 per share

- 2024-11: GBX 6,240.00 per share

- 2024-12: GBX 6,300.00 per share

- 2025-01: GBX 6,400.00 per share

- 2025-02: GBX 6,820.00 per share

- 2025-03: GBX 6,740.00 per share

- 2025-04: GBX 6,730.00 per share

- 2025-05: GBX 6,810.00 per share

- 2025-06: GBX 6,710.00 per share

- 2025-07: GBX 7,450.00 per share

- 2025-08: GBX 6,590.00 per share

- 2025-09: GBX 6,740.00 per share

- 2025-10: GBX 6,810.00 per share

- 2025-11: GBX 6,950.00 per share

- 2025-12: GBX 6,850.00 per share

- 2026-01: GBX 6,650.00 per share

- 2026-02: GBX 8,190.00 per share

- 2026-03: GBX 6,870.00 per share

- 2026-04: GBX 6,990.00 per share

- 2026-05: GBX 6,760.00 per share

- 2026-06: GBX 7,570.00 per share

- 2026-07: GBX 8,190.00 per share

- 2026-08: GBX 7,990.00 per share

- 2026-09: GBX 7,685.00 per share

- 2026-10: GBX 7,995.00 per share

## Annual estimated value (GBX per share)

- FY2016: low GBX 1,452.94 per share, central GBX 1,648.62 per share, high GBX 1,909.11 per share

- FY2017: low GBX 1,609.57 per share, central GBX 1,896.23 per share, high GBX 2,201.76 per share

- FY2018: low GBX 1,767.15 per share, central GBX 2,009.09 per share, high GBX 2,331.17 per share

- FY2019: low GBX 1,896.41 per share, central GBX 2,155.97 per share, high GBX 2,501.50 per share

- FY2020: low GBX 1,613.32 per share, central GBX 1,843.33 per share, high GBX 2,104.12 per share

- FY2021: low GBX 2,695.44 per share, central GBX 3,407.69 per share, high GBX 3,945.84 per share

- FY2022: low GBX 3,747.41 per share, central GBX 4,862.32 per share, high GBX 5,649.27 per share

- FY2023: low GBX 3,580.39 per share, central GBX 4,031.81 per share, high GBX 4,632.74 per share

- FY2024: low GBX 3,878.83 per share, central GBX 4,380.75 per share, high GBX 5,048.91 per share

- FY2025: low GBX 3,977.58 per share, central GBX 4,512.03 per share, high GBX 5,223.50 per share

Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year

Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year

Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates

Prior published observations retained from 2026-10-15T06:39:44.559Z where newer inputs omit a numeric field or fiscal period.

## Sources

Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. Underlying data remains subject to its source licenses; public reading does not grant bulk redistribution rights.
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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

CCEP · LSE

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Not a wonderful business

1 quality test fails. A lower price would not fix the business.

Share price
GBX 8,300.00
Buy up to
GBX 4,809.81
Expected / yr
6.9% at today's price (10.0% at central value)

The business

How it makes money
Why customers stay
Can it raise prices
Where the cash goes
Are managers owners
What the price says

1. Is this a good business?

Evidence only; not required for Buy

Margins varied 15.1% around their average (limit 35%), and no loss years were recorded (limit 2).

10y median
12.8%
Worst year
7.7%
Latest · 2025
12.9%

Capital return excluding acquisitions: median 12.1% (minimum 15%), and the second-worst year 7.7% (minimum 10%).

10y median
12.1%
Worst year
6.4%
Latest · 2025
15.9%

Each $1 of profit left $1.05 for owners over five years (minimum $0.80).

Five-year totals
1.05×
Annual median
1.03×
Latest · 2025
1.03×

Per-share value rose from 1.32 to 3.63, comparing three-year medians at each end (must rise and stay positive).

10y median
EUR 2.25
Worst year
EUR 1.09
Latest · 2025
EUR 4.15

Profits were backed by cash: accruals were -2.7% of assets (limit 10%).

10y median
-4.1%
Worst year
-2.7%
Latest · 2025
-2.7%

Profit record · pass 0 loss years in 10 (at most 2), mean operating margin 12.1%, three-year average owner earnings per share 3.65 EUR.

2. Is the price low enough?

Price & return math
Value rangeGBX 4,264.00 – GBX 5,536.40
Buy at or belowCentral value GBX 4,809.81
Discount to value1 − 8300.00 / 4809.81 = -72.6%
Return / yearAbout 6.9% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%)
Cash-flow inputsOwner cash GBX 362.17/share; 0.0% growth for 5 years, then fades to 3.0%; excess cash GBX 305.35/share today.
Required return10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value
RevenueEUR 21B
21B020162025
FY2016 · Revenue: EUR 9.6B; FY2017 · Revenue: EUR 10B; FY2018 · Revenue: EUR 12B; FY2019 · Revenue: EUR 12B; FY2020 · Revenue: EUR 11B; FY2021 · Revenue: EUR 14B; FY2022 · Revenue: EUR 17B; FY2023 · Revenue: EUR 18B; FY2024 · Revenue: EUR 20B; FY2025 · Revenue: EUR 21B
Revenue
Owner earningsEUR 1.9B
1.9B020162025
FY2016 · Owner earnings: EUR 576M; FY2017 · Owner earnings: EUR 646M; FY2018 · Owner earnings: EUR 938M; FY2019 · Owner earnings: EUR 1.0B; FY2020 · Owner earnings: EUR 623M; FY2021 · Owner earnings: EUR 1.2B; FY2022 · Owner earnings: EUR 1.6B; FY2023 · Owner earnings: EUR 1.7B; FY2024 · Owner earnings: EUR 1.4B; FY2025 · Owner earnings: EUR 1.9B
Owner earnings
Operating margin12.9%
13.8%0.0%20162025
FY2016 · Operating margin: 13.6%; FY2017 · Operating margin: 13.3%; FY2018 · Operating margin: 13.6%; FY2019 · Operating margin: 13.8%; FY2020 · Operating margin: 7.7%; FY2021 · Operating margin: 11.0%; FY2022 · Operating margin: 12.0%; FY2023 · Operating margin: 12.8%; FY2024 · Operating margin: 10.4%; FY2025 · Operating margin: 12.9%
Operating margin
Net cash / debtEUR -9.7B
1.00-12B20162025
FY2016 · Net cash / debt: EUR -6.1B; FY2017 · Net cash / debt: EUR -5.4B; FY2018 · Net cash / debt: EUR -5.3B; FY2019 · Net cash / debt: EUR -6.1B; FY2020 · Net cash / debt: EUR -5.7B; FY2021 · Net cash / debt: EUR -12B; FY2022 · Net cash / debt: EUR -10B; FY2023 · Net cash / debt: EUR -9.4B; FY2024 · Net cash / debt: EUR -9.6B; FY2025 · Net cash / debt: EUR -9.7B
Net cash / debt
Diluted shares449M
490M020162025
FY2016 · Diluted shares: 487M; FY2017 · Diluted shares: 490M; FY2018 · Diluted shares: 487M; FY2019 · Diluted shares: 464M; FY2020 · Diluted shares: 456M; FY2021 · Diluted shares: 456M; FY2022 · Diluted shares: 458M; FY2023 · Diluted shares: 460M; FY2024 · Diluted shares: 462M; FY2025 · Diluted shares: 449M
Diluted shares
Prices 15 Oct 2026 · FY2025