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Coca-Cola HBC AG (FRA:C0Q) Moat Score : 7/10 (As of Jul. 05, 2025)


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What is Coca-Cola HBC AG Moat Score?

Coca-Cola HBC AG has the Moat Score of 7, which implies that the company might have Wide Moat - Entry-level wide moat, clearly possessing durable advantages.

Coca-Cola HBC AG has Wide Moat: Coca-Cola HBC AG benefits from a strong brand, significant market share, and a superior distribution network. Its association with Coca-Cola provides durable competitive advantages and pricing power, justifying a wide moat.

Moat Score is a ranking system developed by GuruFocus to assess a company's ability to sustain a competitive advantage, rated on a scale from 0 to 10. It takes into account key factors such as market leadership, cost advantages, network effects, customer switching costs, and more.

The company's Moat Score is based on these criteria:

1. Market leadership and sustainable market share
2. Network effects and significant customer switching costs
3. Valuable intellectual property and patents
4. Strong brand strength and deep customer loyalty
5. Durable cost advantages (e.g., economies of scale, proprietary technology)
6. Significant regulatory barriers and exclusive licenses
7. Superior distribution network
8. Strong and sustainable pricing power
9. Consistent and impactful innovation and R&D capabilities

Based on the research, GuruFocus believes Coca-Cola HBC AG might have Wide Moat - Entry-level wide moat, clearly possessing durable advantages.


Competitive Comparison of Coca-Cola HBC AG's Moat Score

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic subindustry, Coca-Cola HBC AG's Moat Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Moat Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Coca-Cola HBC AG's Moat Score Distribution in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic Industry

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Coca-Cola HBC AG's Moat Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Coca-Cola HBC AG's Moat Score falls into.


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Coca-Cola HBC AG  (FRA:C0Q) Moat Score Explanation

The Moat Score ranges from 0 to 10, with 10 as the highest. GuruFocus divided Moat Score into following 8 categories:

Moat Score Moat Level
10Wide Moat - Exceptionally dominant and durable wide moat
8 - 9Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat
7Wide Moat - Entry-level wide moat, clearly possessing durable advantages
6Narrow Moat - Strong narrow moat, clearly distinguishable but not wide
5Narrow Moat - Solid narrow moat
4Narrow Moat - Discernible but modest moat
1 - 3No Moat - Very weak/transient advantages
0No Moat - No discernible moat

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Coca-Cola HBC AG Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Turmstrasse 26, Steinhausen, CHE, CH-6312
Coca-Cola HBC is the third-largest bottling partner in the Coca-Cola system by volume, behind Coca-Cola Femsa and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. In 2024, CCHBC sold 2.9 billion unit cases of beverages. For context, Coke's largest bottler, Coke Femsa, sold over 4 billion unit cases in Latin America, and the second-largest-CCEP, serving Europe, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific region-sold over 3.3 billion unit cases. There is a long tail of Coca-Cola distributors, including brewers and independent operators with very small distribution territories.CCHBC is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Kar-Tess, a Luxembourg-based holding company, owns 23% of the equity of CCHBC, and Coca-Cola holds a further 21%. The remaining 56% is free float.

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