TAP vs. SAM, STZ, ABEV, BF.B, CCU, MGPI, EPSM, WVVI, CASK, and IBG
Should you be buying Molson Coors Beverage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Molson Coors Beverage include Boston Beer (SAM), Constellation Brands (STZ), Ambev (ABEV), Brown-Forman (BF.B), Compania Cervecerias Unidas (CCU), MGP Ingredients (MGPI), Epsium Enterprise (EPSM), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Heritage Distilling (CASK), and Innovation Beverage Group (IBG). These companies are all part of the "beverages - alcoh" industry.
Molson Coors Beverage vs. Its Competitors
Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) and Molson Coors Beverage (NYSE:TAP) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
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.
Boston Beer presently has a consensus price target of $276.21, suggesting a potential upside of 37.36%. Molson Coors Beverage has a consensus price target of $60.46, suggesting a potential upside of 22.48%. Given Boston Beer's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Boston Beer is more favorable than Molson Coors Beverage.
81.1% of Boston Beer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.1% of Boston Beer shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Boston Beer has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molson Coors Beverage has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Molson Coors Beverage has a net margin of 7.74% compared to Boston Beer's net margin of 3.30%. Boston Beer's return on equity of 13.81% beat Molson Coors Beverage's return on equity.
In the previous week, Molson Coors Beverage had 10 more articles in the media than Boston Beer. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Molson Coors Beverage and 4 mentions for Boston Beer. Molson Coors Beverage's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Boston Beer's score of 0.35 indicating that Molson Coors Beverage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Boston Beer beats Molson Coors Beverage on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:TAP) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
