SAM vs. TAP, CCU, BUD, COKE, NYT, SFD, INGR, LW, OLLI, and ELF
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), Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE), New York Times (NYT), Smithfield Foods (SFD), Ingredion (INGR), Lamb Weston (LW), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), and e.l.f. Beauty (ELF). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Boston Beer vs. Its 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Boston Beer beats Molson Coors Beverage on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Boston Beer News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SAM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SAM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart
Boston Beer Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NYSE:SAM) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff