Critical Comparison: Molson Coors Beverage (TAP.A) and Its Peers

Profitability

This table compares Molson Coors Beverage and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Molson Coors Beverage	N/A	N/A	N/A
Molson Coors Beverage Competitors	-8.02%	-9.28%	0.26%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

36.6% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are owned by institutional investors. 19.1% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are owned 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Molson Coors Beverage and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Molson Coors Beverage	$11.19 billion	N/A	16.82
Molson Coors Beverage Competitors	$12.54 billion	$883.52 million	10.78

Molson Coors Beverage’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Molson Coors Beverage. Molson Coors Beverage is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Molson Coors Beverage pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Molson Coors Beverage pays out 78.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Beverages” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.9% and pay out 49.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Molson Coors Beverage peers beat Molson Coors Beverage on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

Molson Coors Beverage Company Profile

Molson Coors Beverage Company manufactures, markets, and sells beer and other malt beverage products under various brands in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers flavored malt beverages including hard seltzers, craft, and ready to drink beverages. It provides its products under Aspall Cider, Blue Moon, Coors Original, Hop Valley brands, Leinenkugel's, Miller Genuine Draft, Molson Ultra, Sharp's, Staropramen, and Vizzy Hard Seltzer above premier brands; Bergenbier, Borsodi, Carling, Coors Banquet, Coors Light, Jelen, Kamenitza, Miller Lite, Molson Canadian Lager, Molson Dry, Molson Export, and Niksicko, Ozujsko under the premium brands; and Branik, Icehouse, Keystone, Miller High Life, Milwaukee's Best, and Steel Reserve under the economy brands. The company was formerly known as Molson Coors Brewing Company and changed its name to Molson Coors Beverage Company in January 2020. Molson Coors Beverage Company was founded in 1774 and is headquartered in Golden, Colorado.