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SAM vs. NVDA, STZ, TAP, CCU, MGPI, EPSM, WVVI, CASK, IBG, and BUD

Should you be buying Boston Beer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boston Beer include NVIDIA (NVDA), Constellation Brands (STZ), Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), Compania Cervecerias Unidas (CCU), MGP Ingredients (MGPI), Epsium Enterprise (EPSM), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Heritage Distilling (CASK), Innovation Beverage Group (IBG), and Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD).

Boston Beer vs. Its Competitors

Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) are related companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

81.1% of Boston Beer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of NVIDIA shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.1% of Boston Beer shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of NVIDIA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

NVIDIA has a net margin of 51.69% compared to Boston Beer's net margin of 3.65%. NVIDIA's return on equity of 105.09% beat Boston Beer's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Boston Beer3.65% 15.15% 11.02%
NVIDIA 51.69%105.09%72.19%

Boston Beer presently has a consensus target price of $258.09, indicating a potential upside of 23.16%. NVIDIA has a consensus target price of $182.03, indicating a potential upside of 4.78%. Given Boston Beer's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Boston Beer is more favorable than NVIDIA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Boston Beer
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.08
NVIDIA
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
33 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.95

Boston Beer has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NVIDIA has a beta of 2.14, meaning that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, NVIDIA had 265 more articles in the media than Boston Beer. MarketBeat recorded 285 mentions for NVIDIA and 20 mentions for Boston Beer. NVIDIA's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Boston Beer's score of 0.49 indicating that NVIDIA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Boston Beer
7 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
NVIDIA
186 Very Positive mention(s)
47 Positive mention(s)
30 Neutral mention(s)
16 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

NVIDIA has higher revenue and earnings than Boston Beer. Boston Beer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NVIDIA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Boston Beer$2.05B1.14$59.69M$7.0929.56
NVIDIA$130.50B32.48$72.88B$3.1056.04

Summary

NVIDIA beats Boston Beer on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SAM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SAM vs. The Competition

MetricBoston BeerBEVERAGES IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.31B$13.78B$15.75B$20.69B
Dividend YieldN/A2.75%3.20%3.67%
P/E Ratio29.5622.1318.5229.07
Price / Sales1.141.5945.8666.37
Price / Cash9.479.9114.5022.84
Price / Book2.5613.595.884.43
Net Income$59.69M$830.08M$690.35M$994.22M
7 Day Performance-2.51%-4.12%-5.09%-3.35%
1 Month Performance2.11%-4.12%-3.51%-2.06%
1 Year Performance-24.99%-17.79%0.01%10.15%

Boston Beer Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAM
Boston Beer
3.6509 of 5 stars
$209.55
+1.2%
$258.09
+23.2%
-24.4%$2.31B$2.05B29.562,537
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.6029 of 5 stars
$176.75
+1.9%
$181.22
+2.5%
+59.1%$4.31T$130.50B57.0236,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Down
STZ
Constellation Brands
4.6223 of 5 stars
$172.70
-1.6%
$213.74
+23.8%
-32.2%$30.45B$10.96B-72.2610,600Positive News
TAP
Molson Coors Beverage
4.4216 of 5 stars
$49.90
-2.5%
$59.26
+18.8%
-8.6%$10.09B$13.73B10.0416,800News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CCU
Compania Cervecerias Unidas
1.0462 of 5 stars
$11.64
-2.2%
$9.70
-16.7%
+8.9%$2.15B$2.98T12.389,638Upcoming Earnings
MGPI
MGP Ingredients
4.4028 of 5 stars
$30.97
-2.7%
$50.33
+62.5%
-67.6%$658.79M$654.72M68.82690Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
EPSM
Epsium Enterprise
N/A$13.45
-7.2%
N/AN/A$192.01M$12.52M0.0013Gap Up
WVVI
Willamette Valley Vineyards
0.4883 of 5 stars
$4.80
-0.2%
N/A+22.9%$23.81M$39.78M-9.41270Positive News
Gap Up
CASK
Heritage Distilling
N/A$0.48
+10.2%
N/AN/A$5.84M$8.40M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
IBG
Innovation Beverage Group
N/A$0.69
+15.0%
N/AN/A$5.76MN/A0.00N/APositive News
BUD
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
3.4609 of 5 stars
$66.39
-5.4%
$71.50
+7.7%
-6.6%$119.32B$59.77B19.24143,885Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Down

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