BF.B vs. STZ, DEO, KDP, ABEV, COCO, WEST, BRCC, WVVI, LQR, and BLNE
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), LQR House (LQR), and Eastside Distilling (BLNE). These companies are all part of the "beverages" industry.
Brown-Forman vs.
Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) and Brown-Forman (NYSE:BF.B) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
77.3% of Constellation Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.7% of Brown-Forman shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.2% of Constellation Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Brown-Forman shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Constellation Brands received 587 more outperform votes than Brown-Forman when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.38% of users gave Constellation Brands an outperform vote while only 53.47% of users gave Brown-Forman an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Constellation Brands had 29 more articles in the media than Brown-Forman. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Constellation Brands and 1 mentions for Brown-Forman. Constellation Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Brown-Forman's score of 0.50 indicating that Constellation Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Constellation Brands pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Brown-Forman pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Constellation Brands pays out -800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brown-Forman pays out 43.1% 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 a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brown-Forman has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Constellation Brands presently has a consensus price target of $224.42, suggesting a potential upside of 20.12%. Brown-Forman has a consensus price target of $43.06, suggesting a potential upside of 24.89%. Given Brown-Forman's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brown-Forman is more favorable than Constellation Brands.
Summary
Constellation Brands beats Brown-Forman on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BF.B) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff