Boston Beer (SAM) Competitors

Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) and Molson Coors Beverage (NYSE:TAP) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, SAM or TAP?

Boston Beer has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molson Coors Beverage has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SAM or TAP?

Molson Coors Beverage has higher revenue and earnings than Boston Beer. Molson Coors Beverage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Beer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Boston Beer	$2.04B	1.32	$76.25M	$6.03	40.11
Molson Coors Beverage	$11.33B	1.01	$1.12B	$4.97	11.33

Is SAM or TAP more profitable?

Molson Coors Beverage has a net margin of 8.17% compared to Boston Beer's net margin of 3.82%. Boston Beer's return on equity of 11.76% beat Molson Coors Beverage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boston Beer	3.82%	11.76%	8.73%
Molson Coors Beverage	8.17%	9.34%	4.71%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SAM or TAP?

81.1% of Boston Beer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are held by institutional investors. 26.1% of Boston Beer shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SAM or TAP?

Molson Coors Beverage received 111 more outperform votes than Boston Beer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.02% of users gave Molson Coors Beverage an outperform vote while only 47.39% of users gave Boston Beer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Boston Beer	Outperform Votes 382 47.39%	Underperform Votes 424 52.61%
Molson Coors Beverage	Outperform Votes 493 56.02%	Underperform Votes 387 43.98%

Do analysts prefer SAM or TAP?

Boston Beer presently has a consensus price target of $286.12, suggesting a potential upside of 18.31%. Molson Coors Beverage has a consensus price target of $62.71, suggesting a potential upside of 11.38%. Given Boston Beer's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Boston Beer is more favorable than Molson Coors Beverage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boston Beer	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Molson Coors Beverage	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Does the media refer more to SAM or TAP?

In the previous week, Molson Coors Beverage had 11 more articles in the media than Boston Beer. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Molson Coors Beverage and 11 mentions for Boston Beer. Boston Beer's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Molson Coors Beverage's score of 1.10 indicating that Boston Beer is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Boston Beer	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Molson Coors Beverage	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Boston Beer beats Molson Coors Beverage on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.