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NYSE:BF.B

Brown-Forman (BF.B) Competitors

$61.81
+0.04 (+0.06%)
(As of 06/1/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$61.66
$62.28
50-Day Range
$61.20
$65.29
52-Week Range
$60.90
$78.15
Volume
1.29 million shs
Average Volume
1.31 million shs
Market Capitalization
$29.62 billion
P/E Ratio
40.93
Dividend Yield
1.33%
Price Target
$68.33

BF.B vs. STZ, KDP, ABEV, DEO, CCEP, SYY, MKC, K, CHD, and HRL

Should you be buying Brown-Forman stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brown-Forman include Constellation Brands (STZ), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Ambev (ABEV), Diageo (DEO), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Sysco (SYY), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Kellogg (K), Church & Dwight (CHD), and Hormel Foods (HRL). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.

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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Brown-Forman has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Constellation Brands. 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
Constellation Brands$10.18 billion4.37-$71 million-$0.51-475.74
Brown-Forman$3.93 billion7.53$838 million$1.5140.93

Constellation Brands received 516 more outperform votes than Brown-Forman when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.10% of users gave Constellation Brands an outperform vote while only 55.30% of users gave Brown-Forman an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Constellation BrandsOutperform Votes
871
65.10%
Underperform Votes
467
34.90%
Brown-FormanOutperform Votes
355
55.30%
Underperform Votes
287
44.70%

Brown-Forman has a net margin of 17.40% compared to Constellation Brands' net margin of -0.70%. Brown-Forman's return on equity of 29.25% beat Constellation Brands' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Constellation Brands -0.70% 20.48% 7.99%
Brown-Forman 17.40% 29.25% 12.36%

Constellation Brands presently has a consensus price target of $253.45, suggesting a potential upside of 4.46%. Brown-Forman has a consensus price target of $68.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.55%. 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81
Brown-Forman
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Constellation Brands has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brown-Forman has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Constellation Brands had 18 more articles in the media than Brown-Forman. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Constellation Brands and 2 mentions for Brown-Forman. Constellation Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Brown-Forman's score of 0.50 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Brown-Forman
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

84.9% of Constellation Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.2% of Brown-Forman shares are held by institutional investors. 16.2% of Constellation Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Brown-Forman shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Constellation Brands pays an annual dividend of $3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Brown-Forman pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Constellation Brands pays out -698.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brown-Forman pays out 54.3% 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 3 consecutive years and Brown-Forman has increased its dividend for 34 consecutive years. Constellation Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Constellation Brands beats Brown-Forman on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BF.B and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BF.B vs. The Competition

MetricBrown-FormanBeverages IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$29.62B$49.42B$15.21B$14.57B
Dividend Yield1.34%2.18%2.99%4.06%
P/E Ratio40.9312.0415.7418.24
Price / Sales7.53100.843.948.98
Price / Cash31.7520.3219.6323.10
Price / Book10.695.226.069.21
Net Income$838M$1.73B$675.34M$902.99M
7 Day Performance1.00%-0.86%-0.90%1.00%
1 Month Performance-5.33%-2.43%1.87%-1.54%
1 Year Performance-5.65%-11.46%-9.36%-9.05%

Brown-Forman Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STZ
Constellation Brands
2.1326 of 5 stars
$237.06
+1.8%
$252.58
+6.5%
-1.0%$43.44B$10.18B-464.8110,700Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
KDP
Keurig Dr Pepper
2.2733 of 5 stars
$31.00
-1.3%
$37.56
+21.1%
-10.4%$43.52B$14.06B33.3328,000Options Volume
ABEV
Ambev
3.0405 of 5 stars
$2.83
-2.7%
$3.74
+32.2%
-5.2%$44.57B$15.44B15.7247,108
DEO
Diageo
1.7019 of 5 stars
$170.02
-2.3%
N/A-10.1%$95.88B$19.43B0.0028,137Short Interest ↓
CCEP
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
1.4823 of 5 stars
$62.06
-1.3%
$68.09
+9.7%
+17.4%$28.35B$17.32B0.0033,000News Coverage
SYY
Sysco
2.9592 of 5 stars
$69.55
-1.7%
$87.27
+25.5%
-16.9%$35.24B$68.64B23.0371,000Positive News
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
2.4285 of 5 stars
$85.43
-1.7%
$80.10
-6.2%
-7.5%$22.91B$6.35B34.5914,200News Coverage
K
Kellogg
1.7284 of 5 stars
$66.41
-1.9%
$72.27
+8.8%
-4.3%$22.76B$15.32B27.4430,000
CHD
Church & Dwight
2.6937 of 5 stars
$91.72
-2.4%
$90.63
-1.2%
+2.6%$22.40B$5.38B54.925,250Positive News
HRL
Hormel Foods
2.2101 of 5 stars
$38.33
-0.4%
$44.14
+15.2%
-21.4%$21.03B$12.39B21.4120,000Earnings Report
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Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
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