Which is more profitable, Coca-Cola or Target?

Coca-Cola keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Coca-Cola or Target?

Coca-Cola grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Coca-Cola or Target?

Target costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Coca-Cola or Target?

Target would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Coca-Cola vs Target stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Coca-Cola is more profitable and grows faster. Target is cheaper for its profits and has less debt.

Side by side

	Coca-Cola	Target
	$427 billion	$73.3 billion
	27.3%	3.5%
	+7.7%	+2.3%
	32.6×	19.8×
	1.9 years	1.8 years
	18.4%	11.6%
	2.6%	3.7%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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