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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.

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

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 Beverage8.17% 9.34% 4.71%
Boston Beer 3.82%11.76%8.73%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Molson Coors BeverageOutperform Votes
493
55.96%
Underperform Votes
388
44.04%
Boston BeerOutperform Votes
383
47.46%
Underperform Votes
424
52.54%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Molson Coors Beverage$11.33B0.90$1.12B$4.9710.17
Boston Beer$2.04B1.14$76.25M$6.0334.58

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.

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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.
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Media 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.
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SAM vs. The Competition

MetricBoston BeerMalt beverages IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.32B$25.90B$17.41B$19.68B
Dividend YieldN/A2.27%3.06%3.80%
P/E Ratio30.6612.1416.3534.98
Price / Sales1.141.1643.5842.66
Price / Cash14.1510.5516.3917.51
Price / Book2.341.776.084.78
Net Income$76.25M$1.01B$737.47M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.81%-1.46%7.54%0.82%
1 Month Performance-14.98%-2.82%5.08%1.32%
1 Year Performance-26.80%-0.26%2.09%10.65%

Boston Beer Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAM
Boston Beer
4.1453 of 5 stars
$208.52
-2.7%
$286.12
+37.2%
-26.8%$2.32B$2.04B30.662,680Analyst Upgrade
TAP
Molson Coors Beverage
4.8626 of 5 stars
$52.09
+0.2%
$63.26
+21.4%
+2.1%$10.53B$11.33B9.7416,600Positive News
CCU
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas
0.8056 of 5 stars
$13.30
-2.2%
$9.70
-27.0%
+11.4%$2.46B$2.98T17.739,350News Coverage
Positive News
BUD
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
1.5504 of 5 stars
$71.01
0.0%
$71.50
+0.7%
+19.5%$127.62B$58.85B21.92166,600Short Interest ↑
COKE
Coca-Cola Consolidated
1.8223 of 5 stars
$110.16
+1.4%
N/A+8.2%$9.60B$6.89B1.5817,000
NYT
New York Times
3.2038 of 5 stars
$55.67
-0.3%
$56.40
+1.3%
+11.9%$9.08B$2.63B31.285,800Trending News
SFD
Smithfield Foods
2.2896 of 5 stars
$23.08
+0.4%
$27.86
+20.7%
N/A$9.07B$14.47B10.1736,389
INGR
Ingredion
4.8113 of 5 stars
$138.26
+0.2%
$152.20
+10.1%
+21.4%$8.89B$7.36B14.2411,700Positive News
LW
Lamb Weston
4.7909 of 5 stars
$55.77
+0.2%
$69.91
+25.4%
-36.8%$7.87B$6.39B22.048,000
OLLI
Ollie's Bargain Outlet
2.9601 of 5 stars
$115.88
-2.9%
$124.50
+7.4%
+30.5%$7.11B$2.34B34.599,900
ELF
e.l.f. Beauty
4.1152 of 5 stars
$116.67
-0.8%
$120.71
+3.5%
-35.0%$6.57B$1.31B69.04300Analyst Forecast
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This page (NYSE:SAM) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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