Boston Beer (SAM) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	$2.01B	1.33	$76.25M	$4.91	48.34
Molson Coors Beverage	$11.63B	1.03	$1.12B	$5.35	11.10

Which has more risk & volatility, SAM or TAP?

Boston Beer has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molson Coors Beverage has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SAM or TAP more profitable?

Molson Coors Beverage has a net margin of 8.17% 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	8.17%	9.34%	4.71%

Do analysts rate SAM or TAP?

Boston Beer currently has a consensus price target of $292.40, suggesting a potential upside of 23.20%. Molson Coors Beverage has a consensus price target of $63.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.25%. Given Boston Beer's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SAM or TAP?

Molson Coors Beverage received 108 more outperform votes than Boston Beer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.09% of users gave Molson Coors Beverage an outperform vote while only 47.62% of users gave Boston Beer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Boston Beer	Outperform Votes 380 47.62%	Underperform Votes 418 52.38%
Molson Coors Beverage	Outperform Votes 488 56.09%	Underperform Votes 382 43.91%

Does the media refer more to SAM or TAP?

In the previous week, Boston Beer had 7 more articles in the media than Molson Coors Beverage. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Boston Beer and 8 mentions for Molson Coors Beverage. Molson Coors Beverage's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Boston Beer's score of 0.68 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Molson Coors Beverage	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Boston Beer and Molson Coors Beverage tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.