DEO vs. STZ, ABEV, BF.B, PEP, KO, CL, MO, BTI, MDLZ, and MNST
Should you be buying Diageo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diageo include Constellation Brands (STZ), Ambev (ABEV), Brown-Forman (BF.B), PepsiCo (PEP), Coca-Cola (KO), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Altria Group (MO), British American Tobacco (BTI), Mondelez International (MDLZ), and Monster Beverage (MNST). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Diageo (NYSE:DEO) and Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
9.0% of Diageo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Constellation Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.2% of Constellation Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Constellation Brands received 604 more outperform votes than Diageo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.26% of users gave Constellation Brands an outperform vote while only 59.19% of users gave Diageo an outperform vote.
Diageo pays an annual dividend of $3.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Constellation Brands pays an annual dividend of $3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Constellation Brands pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Diageo has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellation Brands has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Constellation Brands has a net margin of 16.13% compared to Diageo's net margin of 0.00%. Constellation Brands' return on equity of 23.06% beat Diageo's return on equity.
In the previous week, Constellation Brands had 65 more articles in the media than Diageo. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Constellation Brands and 8 mentions for Diageo. Constellation Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Diageo's score of 0.44 indicating that Constellation Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Diageo currently has a consensus price target of $166.37, indicating a potential upside of 18.54%. Constellation Brands has a consensus price target of $298.55, indicating a potential upside of 16.03%. Given Diageo's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Diageo is more favorable than Constellation Brands.
Diageo has higher revenue and earnings than Constellation Brands.
Summary
Constellation Brands beats Diageo on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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