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NYSE:DEO

Diageo (DEO) Competitors

$174.07
+0.79 (+0.46%)
(As of 05/26/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$173.74
$174.88
50-Day Range
$173.28
$189.25
52-Week Range
$160.09
$194.04
Volume
254,414 shs
Average Volume
337,562 shs
Market Capitalization
$98.16 billion
P/E Ratio
19.74
Dividend Yield
1.75%
Price Target
N/A

DEO vs. ABEV, KDP, STZ, BF.B, PEP, KO, BUD, MDLZ, BTI, and MO

Should you be buying Diageo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diageo include Ambev (ABEV), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Constellation Brands (STZ), Brown-Forman (BF.B), PepsiCo (PEP), Coca-Cola (KO), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Mondelez International (MDLZ), British American Tobacco (BTI), and Altria Group (MO). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.

Diageo vs.

Diageo (NYSE:DEO) and Ambev (NYSE:ABEV) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Diageo pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Ambev pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Diageo pays out 34.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ambev pays out 66.7% 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.

Ambev received 70 more outperform votes than Diageo when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.17% of users gave Diageo an outperform vote while only 60.60% of users gave Ambev an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DiageoOutperform Votes
293
61.17%
Underperform Votes
186
38.83%
AmbevOutperform Votes
363
60.60%
Underperform Votes
236
39.40%

Ambev has a consensus target price of $3.74, suggesting a potential upside of 28.52%. Given Diageo's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Diageo is more favorable than Ambev.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Diageo
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.10
Ambev
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Diageo has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ambev has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Diageo$19.43 billion5.05$4.32 billion$8.8219.74
Ambev$15.44 billion2.97$2.80 billion$0.1816.17

Ambev has a net margin of 18.00% compared to Diageo's net margin of 0.00%. Ambev's return on equity of 17.44% beat Diageo's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Diageo N/A N/A N/A
Ambev 18.00% 17.44% 11.02%

In the previous week, Ambev had 2 more articles in the media than Diageo. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ambev and 3 mentions for Diageo. Diageo's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Ambev's score of 0.74 indicating that Diageo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Diageo
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ambev
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

9.0% of Diageo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.8% of Ambev shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Diageo beats Ambev on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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DEO vs. The Competition

MetricDiageoBeverages IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$98.16B$50.44B$15.90B$14.58B
Dividend Yield1.75%2.15%3.02%4.11%
P/E Ratio19.7415.6017.9720.72
Price / Sales5.05103.034.088.96
Price / Cash19.5720.2919.9422.93
Price / Book8.585.266.079.08
Net Income$4.32B$1.73B$683.32M$897.96M
7 Day Performance-2.65%-1.25%-1.21%1.43%
1 Month Performance-8.02%-1.16%-1.93%-1.18%
1 Year Performance-6.36%-9.41%-10.31%-10.31%

Diageo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ABEV
Ambev
2.9409 of 5 stars
$2.88
-0.3%
N/A-1.0%$45.36B$15.44B16.0047,108Analyst Report
Short Interest ↓
KDP
Keurig Dr Pepper
2.2315 of 5 stars
$32.02
+0.3%
$37.56
+17.3%
-11.6%$44.95B$14.06B34.4328,000
STZ
Constellation Brands
2.2665 of 5 stars
$235.91
+0.2%
$252.58
+7.1%
-4.7%$43.23B$10.18B-462.5610,700Positive News
BF.B
Brown-Forman
1.9938 of 5 stars
$62.98
-2.1%
$68.33
+8.5%
-4.3%$30.18B$3.93B41.715,200Dividend Announcement
Positive News
PEP
PepsiCo
1.9987 of 5 stars
$186.07
-0.3%
$190.25
+2.2%
+7.9%$256.35B$86.39B39.17315,000
KO
Coca-Cola
2.4035 of 5 stars
$61.40
-0.2%
$67.80
+10.4%
-6.3%$265.53B$43.00B26.9382,500
BUD
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
2.1306 of 5 stars
$58.74
-0.2%
$64.70
+10.1%
+1.2%$102.03B$57.79B15.79166,632Short Interest ↑
MDLZ
Mondelez International
2.0718 of 5 stars
$75.65
-0.3%
$77.00
+1.8%
+20.2%$103.02B$31.50B26.3691,000
BTI
British American Tobacco
1.7246 of 5 stars
$33.98
+2.5%
N/A-27.2%$83.48B$34.21B0.0050,937Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
MO
Altria Group
1.868 of 5 stars
$44.93
flat
$44.67
-0.6%
-18.1%$80.20B$25.10B14.456,300

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