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Diageo (DEO) Competitors

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DEO vs. BUD, KDP, ABEV, CCU, COCO, WEST, BRCC, WVVI, BLNE, and CASK

Should you be buying Diageo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diageo include Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Ambev (ABEV), Compañía Cervecerías Unidas (CCU), Vita Coco (COCO), Westrock Coffee (WEST), BRC (BRCC), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Eastside Distilling (BLNE), and Heritage Distilling (CASK). These companies are all part of the "beer & liquor" industry.

Diageo vs.

Diageo (NYSE:DEO) and Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE:BUD) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.

9.0% of Diageo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a net margin of 10.98% compared to Diageo's net margin of 0.00%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's return on equity of 15.29% beat Diageo's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
DiageoN/A N/A N/A
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV 10.98%15.29%6.47%

Diageo pays an annual dividend of $3.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Diageo pays out 46.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays out 24.3% 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.

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has higher revenue and earnings than Diageo. Diageo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Diageo$20.21B2.96$3.87B$6.8515.71
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV$58.85B2.15$5.34B$3.4520.39

In the previous week, Diageo had 7 more articles in the media than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Diageo and 6 mentions for Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Diageo's score of 0.79 indicating that Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Diageo
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Diageo presently has a consensus target price of $129.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.89%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a consensus target price of $71.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.66%. Given Diageo's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Diageo is more favorable than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Diageo
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.18

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV received 438 more outperform votes than Diageo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.36% of users gave Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave Diageo an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DiageoOutperform Votes
298
59.01%
Underperform Votes
207
40.99%
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NVOutperform Votes
736
65.36%
Underperform Votes
390
34.64%

Diageo has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV beats Diageo on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DEO vs. The Competition

MetricDiageoBeverages IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$59.86B$50.78B$17.48B$19.81B
Dividend Yield3.02%2.88%3.06%3.85%
P/E Ratio15.7116.0716.3935.71
Price / Sales2.9622.734.2545.94
Price / Cash13.7621.9616.3917.52
Price / Book4.834.926.144.84
Net Income$3.87B$2.61B$737.42M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.08%-2.03%0.38%2.35%
1 Month Performance-6.73%-9.25%1.63%5.86%
1 Year Performance-19.07%-18.87%-0.04%14.72%

Diageo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DEO
Diageo
2.5022 of 5 stars
$107.60
+0.3%
$129.00
+19.9%
-19.1%$59.86B$20.21B15.7128,600Trending News
BUD
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
1.6915 of 5 stars
$71.25
+1.1%
$71.50
+0.3%
+14.2%$128.05B$58.85B21.99166,600Positive News
KDP
Keurig Dr Pepper
4.3327 of 5 stars
$33.25
-1.2%
$39.33
+18.3%
-3.5%$45.16B$15.52B20.1528,000Positive News
ABEV
Ambev
1.4439 of 5 stars
$2.45
+0.2%
$2.70
+10.4%
+14.0%$38.53B$91.67B13.5852,000Positive News
CCU
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas
1.4987 of 5 stars
$13.61
-0.1%
$9.70
-28.7%
+9.6%$2.51B$2.98T18.159,350
COCO
Vita Coco
1.5564 of 5 stars
$35.02
-1.6%
$35.88
+2.4%
+20.3%$1.99B$535.24M35.37280
WEST
Westrock Coffee
3.0977 of 5 stars
$6.77
-1.6%
$10.40
+53.6%
-31.9%$640.72M$872.02M-7.871,399Positive News
BRCC
BRC
1.6353 of 5 stars
$1.72
-4.2%
$2.88
+67.6%
-72.6%$365.67M$383.07M-21.44840Positive News
WVVI
Willamette Valley Vineyards
0.4501 of 5 stars
$5.88
+0.2%
N/A+47.5%$29.21M$38.52M-9.65270
BLNE
Eastside Distilling
N/A$0.86
-12.2%
N/AN/A$7.75M$5.21M-0.2370
CASK
Heritage Distilling
N/A$0.70
+25.0%
N/AN/A$5.71M$7.79M0.00N/APositive News
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