Constellation Brands (STZ) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in STZ or BF.B?

Constellation Brands received 588 more outperform votes than Brown-Forman when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.36% of users gave Constellation Brands an outperform vote while only 53.47% of users gave Brown-Forman an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Constellation Brands	Outperform Votes 950 64.36%	Underperform Votes 526 35.64%
Brown-Forman	Outperform Votes 362 53.47%	Underperform Votes 315 46.53%

Which has more risk and volatility, STZ or BF.B?

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

Do analysts prefer STZ or BF.B?

Constellation Brands presently has a consensus price target of $225.74, suggesting a potential upside of 17.00%. Brown-Forman has a consensus price target of $43.06, suggesting a potential upside of 20.76%. 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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of STZ or BF.B?

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is STZ or BF.B a better dividend stock?

Constellation Brands pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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 increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer STZ or BF.B?

In the previous week, Constellation Brands had 24 more articles in the media than Brown-Forman. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Constellation Brands and 1 mentions for Brown-Forman. Constellation Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Brown-Forman's score of 0.99 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	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brown-Forman	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, STZ or BF.B?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Constellation Brands	$10.21B	3.36	$1.73B	-$0.51	-378.29
Brown-Forman	$4.05B	4.17	$1.02B	$2.09	17.06

Is STZ or BF.B more profitable?

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 Brands	6.27%	26.55%	10.03%
Brown-Forman	24.61%	28.83%	12.19%

Summary

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