Boston Beer (SAM) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, TAP or SAM?

Molson Coors Beverage has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Beer has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TAP or SAM?

78.5% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of Boston Beer shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.1% of Boston Beer shares are held 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.

Do analysts recommend TAP or SAM?

Molson Coors Beverage currently has a consensus target price of $63.26, suggesting a potential upside of 25.12%. Boston Beer has a consensus target price of $286.12, suggesting a potential upside of 37.22%. Given Boston Beer's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Boston Beer is more favorable than Molson Coors Beverage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Molson Coors Beverage	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Boston Beer	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Is TAP or SAM 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
Molson Coors Beverage	8.17%	9.34%	4.71%
Boston Beer	3.82%	11.76%	8.73%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TAP or SAM?

Molson Coors Beverage received 110 more outperform votes than Boston Beer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.96% of users gave Molson Coors Beverage an outperform vote while only 47.46% of users gave Boston Beer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Molson Coors Beverage	Outperform Votes 493 55.96%	Underperform Votes 388 44.04%
Boston Beer	Outperform Votes 383 47.46%	Underperform Votes 424 52.54%

Which has better valuation and earnings, TAP or SAM?

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
Molson Coors Beverage	$11.33B	0.90	$1.12B	$4.97	10.17
Boston Beer	$2.04B	1.14	$76.25M	$6.03	34.58

Does the media prefer TAP or SAM?

In the previous week, Molson Coors Beverage and Molson Coors Beverage both had 7 articles in the media. Molson Coors Beverage's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Boston Beer's score of 0.67 indicating that Molson Coors Beverage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Molson Coors Beverage	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Boston Beer	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Boston Beer beats Molson Coors Beverage on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.