TAP vs. SAM, CCU, BUD, KDP, CTVA, KMB, KVUE, SYY, CCEP, and KHC
Should you be buying Molson Coors Beverage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Molson Coors Beverage include Boston Beer (SAM), Compañía Cervecerías Unidas (CCU), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Corteva (CTVA), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Kenvue (KVUE), Sysco (SYY), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), and Kraft Heinz (KHC). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Molson Coors Beverage vs.
Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) and Molson Coors Beverage (NYSE:TAP) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.
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.
81.1% of Boston Beer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.0% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Boston Beer has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molson Coors Beverage has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Boston Beer had 6 more articles in the media than Molson Coors Beverage. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Boston Beer and 9 mentions for Molson Coors Beverage. Boston Beer's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Molson Coors Beverage's score of -0.32 indicating that Boston Beer is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Molson Coors Beverage received 108 more outperform votes than Boston Beer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.46% of users gave Molson Coors Beverage an outperform vote while only 47.66% of users gave Boston Beer an outperform vote.
Boston Beer presently has a consensus target price of $308.40, suggesting a potential upside of 21.73%. Molson Coors Beverage has a consensus target price of $61.79, suggesting a potential upside of 10.88%. Given Boston Beer's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Boston Beer is more favorable than Molson Coors Beverage.
Summary
Boston Beer beats Molson Coors Beverage on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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