TAP vs. SAM, CCU, BUD, EL, KHC, HSY, GIS, CTVA, KVUE, and SYY
Should you be buying Molson Coors Beverage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Molson Coors Beverage include Boston Beer (SAM), Compañía Cervecerías Unidas (CCU), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Corteva (CTVA), Kenvue (KVUE), and Sysco (SYY). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Molson Coors Beverage (NYSE:TAP) and Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
Molson Coors Beverage has a net margin of 7.66% compared to Boston Beer's net margin of 4.60%. Boston Beer's return on equity of 10.11% beat Molson Coors Beverage's return on equity.
Molson Coors Beverage has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Beer has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Molson Coors Beverage currently has a consensus target price of $65.07, indicating a potential upside of 25.27%. Boston Beer has a consensus target price of $335.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.91%. Given Molson Coors Beverage's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Molson Coors Beverage is more favorable than Boston Beer.
Molson Coors Beverage received 109 more outperform votes than Boston Beer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.76% of users gave Molson Coors Beverage an outperform vote while only 47.93% of users gave Boston Beer an outperform vote.
78.5% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of Boston Beer shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of Boston Beer shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Molson Coors Beverage has higher revenue and earnings than Boston Beer. Molson Coors Beverage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Beer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Boston Beer had 7 more articles in the media than Molson Coors Beverage. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Boston Beer and 8 mentions for Molson Coors Beverage. Molson Coors Beverage's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Boston Beer's score of 0.64 indicating that Molson Coors Beverage is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Boston Beer beats Molson Coors Beverage on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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