Comparing Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) & Spirits Capital (OTCMKTS:SSCC)

Spirits Capital (OTCMKTS:SSCC) and Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Spirits Capital and Boston Beer’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spirits Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A
Boston Beer	4.38%	12.29%	8.93%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

81.1% of Boston Beer shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.8% of Spirits Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.1% of Boston Beer shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Spirits Capital and Boston Beer”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Spirits Capital	N/A	N/A	-$5.59 million	($0.07)	-31.71
Boston Beer	$2.14 billion	0.97	$59.69 million	$8.48	23.00

Boston Beer has higher revenue and earnings than Spirits Capital. Spirits Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Beer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Spirits Capital has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Beer has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Spirits Capital and Boston Beer, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Spirits Capital	0	0	0	0	0.00
Boston Beer	2	10	1	0	1.92

Boston Beer has a consensus target price of $249.74, indicating a potential upside of 28.03%. Given Boston Beer’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Boston Beer is more favorable than Spirits Capital.

Summary

Boston Beer beats Spirits Capital on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Spirits Capital

Spirits Cap Corp. operates a financial technology platform. Its platform provides secured purchase of American whiskey while maturing. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is based in Newport Beach, California.

About Boston Beer

The Boston Beer Company, Inc produces and sells alcohol beverages primarily in the United States. The company's flagship beer is Samuel Adams Boston Lager. It offers various beers, hard ciders, flavored malt beverages, and hard seltzers under the Samuel Adams, Twisted Tea, Truly, Angry Orchard, Dogfish Head, Angel City, and Coney Island brand names. The company markets and sells its products to a network wholesaler in the United States, as well as wholesalers, importers, or other agencies that in turn sell to retailers, such as grocery stores, club stores, convenience stores, liquor stores, bars, restaurants, stadiums, and other e-commerce retail outlets. It sells its products in Canada, Europe, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, the Pacific Rim, Mexico, and Central and South America. The Boston Beer Company, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.