Molson Coors Beverage (TAP) Competitors

Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) and Molson Coors Beverage (NYSE:TAP) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SAM or TAP?

Molson Coors Beverage received 111 more outperform votes than Boston Beer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.02% of users gave Molson Coors Beverage an outperform vote while only 47.39% of users gave Boston Beer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Boston Beer	Outperform Votes 382 47.39%	Underperform Votes 424 52.61%
Molson Coors Beverage	Outperform Votes 493 56.02%	Underperform Votes 387 43.98%

Do analysts rate SAM or TAP?

Boston Beer currently has a consensus target price of $286.12, suggesting a potential upside of 20.00%. Molson Coors Beverage has a consensus target price of $62.71, suggesting a potential upside of 12.56%. Given Boston Beer's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Boston Beer is more favorable than Molson Coors Beverage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boston Beer	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Molson Coors Beverage	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Is SAM or TAP more profitable?

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
Boston Beer	3.82%	11.76%	8.73%
Molson Coors Beverage	8.17%	9.34%	4.71%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SAM or TAP?

81.1% of Boston Beer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are held by institutional investors. 26.1% of Boston Beer shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, SAM or TAP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Boston Beer	$2.04B	1.30	$76.25M	$6.03	39.54
Molson Coors Beverage	$11.33B	0.99	$1.12B	$4.97	11.21

Which has more risk & volatility, SAM or TAP?

Boston Beer has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molson Coors Beverage has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SAM or TAP?

In the previous week, Molson Coors Beverage had 9 more articles in the media than Boston Beer. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Molson Coors Beverage and 13 mentions for Boston Beer. Boston Beer's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Molson Coors Beverage's score of 1.10 indicating that Boston Beer is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Boston Beer	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Molson Coors Beverage	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Boston Beer beats Molson Coors Beverage on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.