SAM vs. TAP, WDFC, NWL, JJSF, SMPL, NOMD, BRFS, IPAR, TBBB, and UTZ
Should you be buying Boston Beer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boston Beer include Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), WD-40 (WDFC), Newell Brands (NWL), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), Nomad Foods (NOMD), BRF (BRFS), Inter Parfums (IPAR), BBB Foods (TBBB), and Utz Brands (UTZ). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) and Molson Coors Beverage (NYSE:TAP) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
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.
Boston Beer presently has a consensus price target of $333.93, indicating a potential upside of 19.12%. Molson Coors Beverage has a consensus price target of $65.53, indicating a potential upside of 16.05%. 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.
81.1% of Boston Beer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are held by institutional investors. 23.3% of Boston Beer 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Molson Coors Beverage received 109 more outperform votes than Boston Beer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.83% of users gave Molson Coors Beverage an outperform vote while only 48.06% of users gave Boston Beer an outperform vote.
Molson Coors Beverage has a net margin of 7.66% compared to Boston Beer's net margin of 4.60%. Boston Beer's return on equity of 10.11% 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. Molson Coors Beverage's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Boston Beer's score of 0.36 indicating that Molson Coors Beverage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Boston Beer has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molson Coors Beverage has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Boston Beer beats Molson Coors Beverage on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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