SAM vs. NVDA, STZ, TAP, CCU, MGPI, EPSM, WVVI, CASK, IBG, and BUD
Should you be buying Boston Beer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boston Beer include NVIDIA (NVDA), Constellation Brands (STZ), Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), Compania Cervecerias Unidas (CCU), MGP Ingredients (MGPI), Epsium Enterprise (EPSM), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Heritage Distilling (CASK), Innovation Beverage Group (IBG), and Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD).
Boston Beer vs. Its Competitors
Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) are related companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
81.1% of Boston Beer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of NVIDIA shares are held by institutional investors. 26.1% of Boston Beer shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of NVIDIA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, NVIDIA had 299 more articles in the media than Boston Beer. MarketBeat recorded 304 mentions for NVIDIA and 5 mentions for Boston Beer. NVIDIA's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Boston Beer's score of 0.46 indicating that NVIDIA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NVIDIA has a net margin of 51.69% compared to Boston Beer's net margin of 3.30%. NVIDIA's return on equity of 105.09% beat Boston Beer's return on equity.
NVIDIA has higher revenue and earnings than Boston Beer. Boston Beer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NVIDIA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Boston Beer presently has a consensus price target of $276.21, indicating a potential upside of 37.41%. NVIDIA has a consensus price target of $176.19, indicating a potential upside of 11.08%. Given Boston Beer's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Boston Beer is more favorable than NVIDIA.
Boston Beer has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NVIDIA has a beta of 2.13, indicating that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
NVIDIA beats Boston Beer on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SAM) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff