Brown-Forman (BF.B) Competitors

Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) and Brown-Forman (NYSE:BF.B) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in STZ or BF.B?

77.3% of Constellation Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.7% of Brown-Forman shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.2% of Constellation Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Brown-Forman shares are owned by 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.

Do analysts prefer STZ or BF.B?

Constellation Brands currently has a consensus price target of $228.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.93%. Brown-Forman has a consensus price target of $43.06, indicating a potential upside of 25.00%. Given Brown-Forman's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brown-Forman is more favorable than Constellation Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Constellation Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Brown-Forman	3 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Which has more risk and volatility, STZ or BF.B?

Constellation Brands has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brown-Forman has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer STZ or BF.B?

In the previous week, Constellation Brands had 119 more articles in the media than Brown-Forman. MarketBeat recorded 119 mentions for Constellation Brands and 0 mentions for Brown-Forman. Brown-Forman's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Constellation Brands' score of 0.27 indicating that Brown-Forman is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Constellation Brands	Neutral
Brown-Forman	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer STZ or BF.B?

Constellation Brands received 587 more outperform votes than Brown-Forman when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.43% of users gave Constellation Brands an outperform vote while only 53.47% of users gave Brown-Forman an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Constellation Brands	Outperform Votes 949 64.43%	Underperform Votes 524 35.57%
Brown-Forman	Outperform Votes 362 53.47%	Underperform Votes 315 46.53%

Is STZ or BF.B a better dividend stock?

Constellation Brands pays an annual dividend of $4.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Brown-Forman pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Constellation Brands pays out -792.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brown-Forman pays out 43.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, STZ or BF.B?

Constellation Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Brown-Forman. Constellation Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brown-Forman, 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
Constellation Brands	$10.21B	3.32	$1.73B	-$0.51	-367.47
Brown-Forman	$4.05B	4.03	$1.02B	$2.09	16.48

Is STZ or BF.B more profitable?

Brown-Forman has a net margin of 24.61% compared to Constellation Brands' net margin of 6.27%. Brown-Forman's return on equity of 28.83% beat Constellation Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Constellation Brands	6.27%	26.55%	10.03%
Brown-Forman	24.61%	28.83%	12.19%

Summary

Constellation Brands beats Brown-Forman on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.