Constellation Brands (STZ) Competitors

Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) and Brown-Forman (NYSE:BF.B) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.

Is STZ or BF.B more profitable?

Brown-Forman has a net margin of 24.51% compared to Constellation Brands' net margin of 16.13%. Brown-Forman's return on equity of 30.61% beat Constellation Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Constellation Brands	16.13%	23.06%	8.84%
Brown-Forman	24.51%	30.61%	12.57%

Do analysts rate STZ or BF.B?

Constellation Brands currently has a consensus price target of $298.20, suggesting a potential upside of 18.84%. Brown-Forman has a consensus price target of $65.68, suggesting a potential upside of 49.64%. Given Brown-Forman's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brown-Forman is more favorable than Constellation Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Constellation Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Brown-Forman	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has more risk & volatility, STZ or BF.B?

Constellation Brands has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brown-Forman has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of STZ or BF.B?

77.3% of Constellation Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.7% of Brown-Forman shares are held by institutional investors. 16.2% of Constellation Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Brown-Forman shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in STZ or BF.B?

Constellation Brands received 542 more outperform votes than Brown-Forman when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.31% of users gave Constellation Brands an outperform vote while only 54.09% of users gave Brown-Forman an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Constellation Brands	Outperform Votes 899 64.31%	Underperform Votes 499 35.69%
Brown-Forman	Outperform Votes 357 54.09%	Underperform Votes 303 45.91%

Is STZ or BF.B a better dividend stock?

Constellation Brands pays an annual dividend of $4.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Brown-Forman pays an annual dividend of $0.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Constellation Brands pays out 43.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brown-Forman pays out 40.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Brown-Forman is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor STZ or BF.B?

In the previous week, Constellation Brands had 3 more articles in the media than Brown-Forman. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Constellation Brands and 4 mentions for Brown-Forman. Constellation Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Brown-Forman's score of 0.75 indicating that Constellation Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Constellation Brands	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brown-Forman	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, STZ or BF.B?

Constellation Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Brown-Forman. Brown-Forman is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Constellation Brands	$10.71B	4.29	$1.73B	$9.38	26.75
Brown-Forman	$4.18B	4.96	$783M	$2.14	20.51

Summary

Constellation Brands beats Brown-Forman on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.