New Age Beverage Corporation (NBEV) versus Boston Beer Company, Inc. (The) (SAM) Head-To-Head Analysis

New Age Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ: NBEV) and Boston Beer Company, Inc. (The) (NYSE:SAM) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

12.4% of New Age Beverage Corporation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.6% of Boston Beer Company, Inc. (The) shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.6% of New Age Beverage Corporation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.3% of Boston Beer Company, Inc. (The) shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

New Age Beverage Corporation has a beta of 4.68, meaning that its stock price is 368% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Beer Company, Inc. (The) has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares New Age Beverage Corporation and Boston Beer Company, Inc. (The)’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New Age Beverage Corporation	0.86%	1.78%	1.04%
Boston Beer Company, Inc. (The)	9.65%	20.19%	14.52%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for New Age Beverage Corporation and Boston Beer Company, Inc. (The), as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New Age Beverage Corporation	0	0	3	0	3.00
Boston Beer Company, Inc. (The)	4	3	1	0	1.63

New Age Beverage Corporation currently has a consensus target price of $7.08, indicating a potential upside of 97.86%. Boston Beer Company, Inc. (The) has a consensus target price of $141.29, indicating a potential downside of 2.73%. Given New Age Beverage Corporation’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe New Age Beverage Corporation is more favorable than Boston Beer Company, Inc. (The).

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares New Age Beverage Corporation and Boston Beer Company, Inc. (The)’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	EBITDA	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
New Age Beverage Corporation	$49.92 million	2.46	$491,780.00	N/A	N/A
Boston Beer Company, Inc. (The)	$882.43 million	1.97	$185.88 million	$7.03	20.66

Boston Beer Company, Inc. (The) has higher revenue and earnings than New Age Beverage Corporation.

New Age Beverage Corporation Company Profile

The New Age Beverage Corporation, formerly Bucha, Inc., is a healthy functional beverage company. The Company is the owner of XingTea, XingEnergy, Aspen Pure and the Bucha Live Kombucha brands. The Company’s bucha Live Kombucha is a gluten free, organic certified, sparkling kombucha tea and is distributed in health and grocery chains across North America. The Company offers its bucha Live Kombucha products in approximately 16-ounce bottle. The Company offers XingTea in approximately 13 flavors. Its product, XINGjuice, is a natural juice drink, made with cane sugar and real fruit juice. Its product, XingEnergy is a naturally flavored cane sugar product. The Company’s product, Aspen Pure, is bottled water packaged in approximately 24-ounce, half-liter and one-liter bottles. The Company offers products in approximately 46 states within the United States and in over 10 countries internationally across all channels through direct and store door distribution systems.

Boston Beer Company, Inc. (The) Company Profile

The Boston Beer Company, Inc. is a craft brewer in the United States. The Company is engaged in the business of producing and selling alcohol beverages primarily in the domestic market and in selected international markets. The Company operates through two segments: Boston Beer Company segment, and A&S Brewing Collaborative segment. The Boston Beer Company segment comprises of the Company’s Samuel Adams, Twisted Tea, Angry Orchard and Truly Spiked & Sparkling brands. The A&S Brewing Collaborative segment comprises of The Traveler Beer Company, Coney Island Brewing Company, Angel City Brewing Company and Concrete Beach Brewing Company. Both segments sell low alcohol beverages. The Company produces malt beverages and hard cider at the Company-owned breweries and under contract arrangements at other brewery locations. As of December 31, 2016, the Company sold its products to a network of approximately 350 wholesalers in the United States and to a network of distributors.