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Constellation Brands (STZ) Competitors

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$189.36 -3.55 (-1.84%)
As of 05/20/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

STZ vs. BF.B, DEO, KDP, ABEV, COCO, WEST, BRCC, WVVI, BLNE, and IBG

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), Eastside Distilling (BLNE), and Innovation Beverage Group (IBG). These companies are all part of the "beverages" industry.

Constellation Brands vs.

Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) and Brown-Forman (NYSE:BF.B) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Constellation Brands6.27% 26.55% 10.03%
Brown-Forman 24.61%28.83%12.19%

Constellation Brands has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brown-Forman has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

77.3% of Constellation Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.7% of Brown-Forman shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.2% of Constellation Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Brown-Forman shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Constellation Brands received 588 more outperform votes than Brown-Forman when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.32% of users gave Constellation Brands an outperform vote while only 53.47% of users gave Brown-Forman an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Constellation BrandsOutperform Votes
950
64.32%
Underperform Votes
527
35.68%
Brown-FormanOutperform Votes
362
53.47%
Underperform Votes
315
46.53%

Constellation Brands currently has a consensus target price of $225.74, suggesting a potential upside of 19.21%. Brown-Forman has a consensus target price of $43.06, suggesting a potential upside of 21.75%. Given Brown-Forman's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brown-Forman is more favorable than Constellation Brands.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Constellation Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55
Brown-Forman
3 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

Constellation Brands pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Brown-Forman pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Constellation Brands pays out -800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brown-Forman pays out 43.1% 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. Constellation Brands has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Constellation Brands$10.21B3.30$1.73B-$0.51-371.29
Brown-Forman$4.05B4.13$1.02B$2.0916.92

In the previous week, Constellation Brands had 27 more articles in the media than Brown-Forman. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Constellation Brands and 2 mentions for Brown-Forman. Constellation Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Brown-Forman's score of 0.49 indicating that Constellation Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Constellation Brands
21 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Brown-Forman
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Constellation Brands beats Brown-Forman on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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STZ vs. The Competition

MetricConstellation BrandsBeverages IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$34.34B$54.42B$17.54B$19.70B
Dividend Yield2.09%2.63%3.06%3.84%
P/E Ratio50.9017.6816.6135.13
Price / Sales3.3023.954.7036.36
Price / Cash11.8521.9616.3917.51
Price / Book3.445.206.224.78
Net Income$1.73B$2.72B$734.35M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.53%-0.60%1.20%1.62%
1 Month Performance0.89%-3.98%6.01%13.00%
1 Year Performance-24.55%-14.53%-2.33%5.59%

Constellation Brands Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STZ
Constellation Brands
4.2312 of 5 stars
$189.36
-1.8%
$225.74
+19.2%
-24.5%$34.34B$10.21B50.9010,000Positive News
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BF.B
Brown-Forman
1.7861 of 5 stars
$35.12
+1.3%
$43.06
+22.6%
-25.1%$16.58B$4.05B16.555,200
DEO
Diageo
2.0086 of 5 stars
$114.78
-0.5%
$129.00
+12.4%
-18.8%$63.88B$20.21B16.7628,600Trending News
KDP
Keurig Dr Pepper
4.6523 of 5 stars
$33.36
-0.6%
$39.33
+17.9%
+0.6%$45.30B$15.52B20.2228,000Positive News
ABEV
Ambev
1.36 of 5 stars
$2.51
-1.0%
$2.70
+7.8%
+8.1%$39.47B$89.45B13.9252,000Positive News
COCO
Vita Coco
1.4847 of 5 stars
$32.85
-1.4%
$35.38
+7.7%
+38.4%$1.86B$535.24M33.18280
WEST
Westrock Coffee
2.886 of 5 stars
$7.42
+2.2%
$10.40
+40.2%
-28.3%$699.17M$872.02M-8.631,399Positive News
BRCC
BRC
1.5739 of 5 stars
$1.76
+7.8%
$4.50
+156.1%
-66.4%$374.20M$383.07M-21.94840Gap Up
WVVI
Willamette Valley Vineyards
0.4346 of 5 stars
$5.97
+2.9%
N/A+39.7%$29.64M$39.78M-9.79270Gap Up
BLNE
Eastside Distilling
N/A$1.41
+0.7%
N/AN/A$11.75M$3.91M-0.3870News Coverage
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IBG
Innovation Beverage Group
N/A$0.80
-1.9%
N/AN/A$6.63M$3.15M0.00N/APositive News

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