BUD vs. TAP, SAM, CCU, PG, KO, PEP, PM, UL, MDLZ, and MO
Should you be buying Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV include Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), Boston Beer (SAM), Compañía Cervecerías Unidas (CCU), Procter & Gamble (PG), Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Philip Morris International (PM), Unilever (UL), Mondelez International (MDLZ), and Altria Group (MO). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE:BUD) and Molson Coors Beverage (NYSE:TAP) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a net margin of 8.03% compared to Molson Coors Beverage's net margin of 7.66%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's return on equity of 14.01% beat Molson Coors Beverage's return on equity.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV presently has a consensus target price of $71.70, suggesting a potential upside of 13.68%. Molson Coors Beverage has a consensus target price of $65.07, suggesting a potential upside of 18.71%. Given Molson Coors Beverage's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Molson Coors Beverage is more favorable than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Molson Coors Beverage pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Molson Coors Beverage pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
5.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molson Coors Beverage has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Molson Coors Beverage had 8 more articles in the media than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Molson Coors Beverage and 4 mentions for Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Molson Coors Beverage's score of 0.51 indicating that Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has higher revenue and earnings than Molson Coors Beverage. Molson Coors Beverage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV received 242 more outperform votes than Molson Coors Beverage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.22% of users gave Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV an outperform vote while only 57.76% of users gave Molson Coors Beverage an outperform vote.
Summary
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV beats Molson Coors Beverage on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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