STZ vs. BF.B, DEO, KDP, ABEV, COCO, WEST, BRCC, WVVI, LQR, and BLNE
Should you be buying Constellation Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Constellation Brands include Brown-Forman (BF.B), Diageo (DEO), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Ambev (ABEV), Vita Coco (COCO), Westrock Coffee (WEST), BRC (BRCC), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), LQR House (LQR), and Eastside Distilling (BLNE). These companies are all part of the "beverages" industry.
Constellation Brands vs.
Brown-Forman (NYSE:BF.B) and Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Brown-Forman presently has a consensus target price of $43.06, suggesting a potential upside of 24.76%. Constellation Brands has a consensus target price of $224.42, suggesting a potential upside of 20.20%. Given Brown-Forman's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Brown-Forman is more favorable than Constellation Brands.
Brown-Forman has a net margin of 24.61% compared to Constellation Brands' net margin of 6.27%. Brown-Forman's return on equity of 28.83% beat Constellation Brands' return on equity.
Constellation Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Brown-Forman. Constellation Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brown-Forman, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brown-Forman pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Constellation Brands pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Brown-Forman pays out 43.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Constellation Brands pays out -800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Constellation Brands had 35 more articles in the media than Brown-Forman. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Constellation Brands and 2 mentions for Brown-Forman. Constellation Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Brown-Forman's score of 0.58 indicating that Constellation Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Brown-Forman has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellation Brands has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
34.7% of Brown-Forman shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Constellation Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Brown-Forman shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Constellation Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Constellation Brands received 587 more outperform votes than Brown-Forman when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.38% of users gave Constellation Brands an outperform vote while only 53.47% of users gave Brown-Forman an outperform vote.
Summary
Constellation Brands beats Brown-Forman on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:STZ) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
