Molson Coors Beverage (TAP) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate TAP or SAM?

Molson Coors Beverage presently has a consensus target price of $64.39, indicating a potential upside of 6.77%. Boston Beer has a consensus target price of $295.51, indicating a potential upside of 21.06%. Given Boston Beer's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Boston Beer is more favorable than Molson Coors Beverage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Molson Coors Beverage	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Boston Beer	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18

Which has more volatility and risk, TAP or SAM?

Molson Coors Beverage has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Beer has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TAP or SAM?

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
Molson Coors Beverage	$11.63B	1.05	$1.12B	$5.35	11.27
Boston Beer	$2.01B	1.36	$76.25M	$4.91	49.71

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TAP or SAM?

Molson Coors Beverage received 110 more outperform votes than Boston Beer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.13% of users gave Molson Coors Beverage an outperform vote while only 47.56% of users gave Boston Beer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Molson Coors Beverage	Outperform Votes 490 56.13%	Underperform Votes 383 43.87%
Boston Beer	Outperform Votes 380 47.56%	Underperform Votes 419 52.44%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TAP or SAM?

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to TAP or SAM?

In the previous week, Molson Coors Beverage had 14 more articles in the media than Boston Beer. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Molson Coors Beverage and 3 mentions for Boston Beer. Molson Coors Beverage's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Boston Beer's score of 0.89 indicating that Molson Coors Beverage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Molson Coors Beverage	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Boston Beer	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TAP or SAM 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
Molson Coors Beverage	8.17%	9.34%	4.71%
Boston Beer	3.82%	11.76%	8.73%

Summary

Molson Coors Beverage beats Boston Beer on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.