SAM vs. TAP, CCU, BUD, ACI, SJM, SCI, ELF, COKE, CHWY, and COTY
Should you be buying Boston Beer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boston Beer include Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), Compañía Cervecerías Unidas (CCU), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Albertsons Companies (ACI), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Service Co. International (SCI), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF), Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE), Chewy (CHWY), and Coty (COTY). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) and Molson Coors Beverage (NYSE:TAP) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
Molson Coors Beverage has a net margin of 7.66% compared to Boston Beer's net margin of 4.60%. Boston Beer's return on equity of 10.11% beat Molson Coors Beverage's return on equity.
81.1% of Boston Beer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.3% of Boston Beer shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Boston Beer has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molson Coors Beverage has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Molson Coors Beverage had 2 more articles in the media than Boston Beer. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Molson Coors Beverage and 10 mentions for Boston Beer. Boston Beer's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Molson Coors Beverage's score of 0.44 indicating that Boston Beer is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Molson Coors Beverage received 109 more outperform votes than Boston Beer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.76% of users gave Molson Coors Beverage an outperform vote while only 48.06% of users gave Boston Beer an outperform vote.
Boston Beer currently has a consensus price target of $333.93, suggesting a potential upside of 6.46%. Molson Coors Beverage has a consensus price target of $65.07, suggesting a potential upside of 18.71%. Given Molson Coors Beverage's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Molson Coors Beverage is more favorable than Boston Beer.
Summary
Boston Beer beats Molson Coors Beverage on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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