SAM vs. TAP, WDFC, NWL, JJSF, SMPL, NOMD, BRFS, IPAR, TBBB, and UTZ
Should you be buying Boston Beer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boston Beer include Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), WD-40 (WDFC), Newell Brands (NWL), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), Nomad Foods (NOMD), BRF (BRFS), Inter Parfums (IPAR), BBB Foods (TBBB), and Utz Brands (UTZ). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Molson Coors Beverage (NYSE:TAP) and Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Molson Coors Beverage has a net margin of 7.66% compared to Molson Coors Beverage's net margin of 4.60%. Molson Coors Beverage's return on equity of 10.11% beat Boston Beer's return on equity.
Molson Coors Beverage currently has a consensus price target of $65.53, suggesting a potential upside of 16.05%. Boston Beer has a consensus price target of $333.93, suggesting a potential upside of 19.12%. Given Molson Coors Beverage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Boston Beer is more favorable than Molson Coors Beverage.
In the previous week, Boston Beer had 6 more articles in the media than Molson Coors Beverage. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Boston Beer and 9 mentions for Molson Coors Beverage. Boston Beer's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Molson Coors Beverage's score of 0.36 indicating that Molson Coors Beverage is being referred to more favorably in the media.
78.5% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of Boston Beer shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of Boston Beer shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Molson Coors Beverage received 109 more outperform votes than Boston Beer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.83% of users gave Molson Coors Beverage an outperform vote while only 48.06% of users gave Boston Beer an outperform vote.
Molson Coors Beverage has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Beer has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more 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.
Summary
Boston Beer beats Molson Coors Beverage on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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