Boston Beer (SAM) Competitors

Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) and Molson Coors Beverage (NYSE:TAP) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility & risk, SAM or TAP?

Boston Beer has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molson Coors Beverage has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SAM or TAP?

Molson Coors Beverage received 105 more outperform votes than Boston Beer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.52% of users gave Molson Coors Beverage an outperform vote while only 47.84% of users gave Boston Beer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Boston Beer	Outperform Votes 376 47.84%	Underperform Votes 410 52.16%
Molson Coors Beverage	Outperform Votes 481 56.52%	Underperform Votes 370 43.48%

Do analysts recommend SAM or TAP?

Boston Beer presently has a consensus price target of $314.82, indicating a potential downside of 1.05%. Molson Coors Beverage has a consensus price target of $60.31, indicating a potential downside of 3.38%. Given Boston Beer's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Boston Beer is more favorable than Molson Coors Beverage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boston Beer	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09
Molson Coors Beverage	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.08

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	$2.00B	1.82	$76.25M	$6.80	46.79
Molson Coors Beverage	$11.68B	1.11	$948.90M	$4.44	14.06

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%

Does the media prefer SAM or TAP?

In the previous week, Boston Beer and Boston Beer both had 10 articles in the media. Molson Coors Beverage's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Boston Beer's score of 0.34 indicating that Molson Coors Beverage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Boston Beer	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Molson Coors Beverage	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe 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. 23.3% 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, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Boston Beer beats Molson Coors Beverage on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.