SAM vs. TAP, CCU, BUD, USFD, SJM, ACI, SCI, CELH, COKE, and PPC
Should you be buying Boston Beer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boston Beer include Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), Compañía Cervecerías Unidas (CCU), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), US Foods (USFD), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Albertsons Companies (ACI), Service Co. International (SCI), Celsius (CELH), Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE), and Pilgrim's Pride (PPC). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) and Molson Coors Beverage (NYSE:TAP) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
81.1% of Boston Beer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.3% of Boston Beer shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Molson Coors Beverage received 106 more outperform votes than Boston Beer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.21% of users gave Molson Coors Beverage an outperform vote while only 47.95% of users gave Boston Beer an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Boston Beer had 12 more articles in the media than Molson Coors Beverage. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Boston Beer and 12 mentions for Molson Coors Beverage. Molson Coors Beverage's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Boston Beer's score of 0.35 indicating that Molson Coors Beverage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Boston Beer has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molson Coors Beverage has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Boston Beer currently has a consensus price target of $330.21, indicating a potential upside of 13.54%. Molson Coors Beverage has a consensus price target of $60.47, indicating a potential upside of 11.30%. Given Boston Beer's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Boston Beer is more favorable than Molson Coors Beverage.
Molson Coors Beverage has a net margin of 7.66% compared to Boston Beer's net margin of 4.60%. Boston Beer's return on equity of 10.11% beat Molson Coors Beverage's return on equity.
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.
Summary
Boston Beer beats Molson Coors Beverage on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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