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Brown-Forman (BF.B) Competitors

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$33.96 -0.27 (-0.79%)
Closing price 05/23/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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BF.B vs. STZ, DEO, KDP, ABEV, COCO, WEST, BRCC, WVVI, BLNE, and IBG

Should you be buying Brown-Forman stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brown-Forman include Constellation Brands (STZ), Diageo (DEO), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Ambev (ABEV), Vita Coco (COCO), Westrock Coffee (WEST), BRC (BRCC), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Eastside Distilling (BLNE), and Innovation Beverage Group (IBG). These companies are all part of the "beverages" industry.

Brown-Forman vs.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brown-Forman$4.05B3.97$1.02B$2.0916.25
Constellation Brands$10.21B3.22$1.73B-$0.51-362.11

Brown-Forman presently has a consensus target price of $43.06, indicating a potential upside of 26.80%. Constellation Brands has a consensus target price of $225.74, indicating a potential upside of 22.23%. Given Brown-Forman's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brown-Forman is more favorable than Constellation Brands.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brown-Forman
3 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Constellation Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

Brown-Forman has a net margin of 24.61% compared to Constellation Brands' net margin of 6.27%. Brown-Forman's return on equity of 28.83% beat Constellation Brands' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brown-Forman24.61% 28.83% 12.19%
Constellation Brands 6.27%26.55%10.03%

34.7% of Brown-Forman shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Constellation Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Brown-Forman shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Constellation Brands shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Constellation Brands had 45 more articles in the media than Brown-Forman. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Constellation Brands and 3 mentions for Brown-Forman. Constellation Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Brown-Forman's score of 0.33 indicating that Constellation Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Constellation Brands received 588 more outperform votes than Brown-Forman when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.32% of users gave Constellation Brands an outperform vote while only 53.47% of users gave Brown-Forman an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Brown-FormanOutperform Votes
362
53.47%
Underperform Votes
315
46.53%
Constellation BrandsOutperform Votes
950
64.32%
Underperform Votes
527
35.68%

Brown-Forman has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellation Brands has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Brown-Forman pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Constellation Brands pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Brown-Forman pays out 43.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Constellation Brands pays out -800.0% 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. Constellation Brands has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Summary

Constellation Brands beats Brown-Forman on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BF.B vs. The Competition

MetricBrown-FormanBeverages IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.05B$52.97B$17.59B$19.27B
Dividend Yield2.51%2.72%3.06%3.84%
P/E Ratio16.0217.3416.4134.41
Price / Sales3.9723.874.2334.86
Price / Cash13.6421.9616.3917.51
Price / Book4.565.096.184.69
Net Income$1.02B$2.72B$740.28M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.99%-2.95%1.45%-2.38%
1 Month Performance-1.91%-9.50%4.09%4.34%
1 Year Performance-25.79%-17.97%1.42%4.86%

Brown-Forman Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BF.B
Brown-Forman
2.8773 of 5 stars
$33.96
-0.8%
$43.06
+26.8%
-26.7%$16.05B$4.05B16.025,200Dividend Announcement
STZ
Constellation Brands
4.1394 of 5 stars
$192.93
-1.4%
$225.74
+17.0%
-24.7%$34.35B$10.21B51.8610,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
DEO
Diageo
2.3022 of 5 stars
$114.20
-0.7%
$129.00
+13.0%
-20.3%$63.53B$20.21B16.6728,600
KDP
Keurig Dr Pepper
4.535 of 5 stars
$33.83
+0.0%
$39.33
+16.3%
-3.1%$45.95B$15.52B20.5028,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ABEV
Ambev
1.5155 of 5 stars
$2.55
+0.8%
$2.70
+5.9%
+10.5%$40.18B$91.67B14.1752,000News Coverage
Positive News
COCO
Vita Coco
1.1803 of 5 stars
$36.12
+1.4%
$35.38
-2.1%
+37.4%$2.05B$535.24M36.48280Insider Trade
WEST
Westrock Coffee
2.8337 of 5 stars
$7.52
-4.1%
$10.40
+38.3%
-33.7%$708.60M$872.02M-8.741,399Positive News
BRCC
BRC
1.6032 of 5 stars
$1.98
+0.5%
$4.50
+127.3%
-67.5%$422.18M$383.07M-24.75840News Coverage
Gap Down
WVVI
Willamette Valley Vineyards
0.3649 of 5 stars
$5.94
+2.4%
N/A+43.8%$29.49M$39.78M-9.74270Analyst Forecast
BLNE
Eastside Distilling
N/A$1.21
-3.2%
N/AN/A$10.09M$3.91M-0.3370News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
IBG
Innovation Beverage Group
N/A$0.72
-0.8%
N/AN/A$6.04M$3.15M0.00N/AGap Up

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This page (NYSE:BF.B) was last updated on 5/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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