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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, SAM or TAP?

Boston Beer has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molson Coors Beverage has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SAM or TAP?

Boston Beer presently has a consensus price target of $314.82, indicating a potential downside of 1.26%. Molson Coors Beverage has a consensus price target of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.62%. Given Molson Coors Beverage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Molson Coors Beverage is more favorable than Boston Beer.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boston Beer	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.08
Molson Coors Beverage	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.21

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SAM or TAP?

Molson Coors Beverage received 107 more outperform votes than Boston Beer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.56% of users gave Molson Coors Beverage an outperform vote while only 47.78% of users gave Boston Beer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Boston Beer	Outperform Votes 376 47.78%	Underperform Votes 411 52.22%
Molson Coors Beverage	Outperform Votes 483 56.56%	Underperform Votes 371 43.44%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$2.01B	1.82	$76.25M	$6.80	46.89
Molson Coors Beverage	$13.88B	0.91	$948.90M	$4.44	13.88

Does the media refer more to SAM or TAP?

In the previous week, Molson Coors Beverage had 5 more articles in the media than Boston Beer. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Molson Coors Beverage and 17 mentions for Boston Beer. Boston Beer's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Molson Coors Beverage's score of 1.04 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)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Molson Coors Beverage	11 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SAM or TAP more profitable?

Molson Coors Beverage has a net margin of 6.78% 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	6.78%	9.24%	4.65%

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

81.1% of Boston Beer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.0% 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.

Summary

Boston Beer and Molson Coors Beverage tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.