Molson Coors Beverage (NYSE:TAP) & Innovation Beverage Group (NASDAQ:IBG) Financial Comparison

Innovation Beverage Group (NASDAQ:IBG) and Molson Coors Beverage (NYSE:TAP) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Innovation Beverage Group and Molson Coors Beverage”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Innovation Beverage Group	$2.93 million	0.38	-$2.57 million	N/A	N/A
Molson Coors Beverage	$13.04 billion	0.60	-$2.14 billion	($10.85)	-3.87

Innovation Beverage Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Molson Coors Beverage.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

78.5% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Innovation Beverage Group and Molson Coors Beverage’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Innovation Beverage Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Molson Coors Beverage	-16.41%	9.04%	4.40%

Volatility and Risk

Innovation Beverage Group has a beta of 3.93, suggesting that its stock price is 293% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molson Coors Beverage has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Innovation Beverage Group and Molson Coors Beverage, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Innovation Beverage Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Molson Coors Beverage	5	9	5	0	2.00

Molson Coors Beverage has a consensus price target of $50.82, suggesting a potential upside of 21.11%. Given Molson Coors Beverage’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Molson Coors Beverage is more favorable than Innovation Beverage Group.

Summary

Molson Coors Beverage beats Innovation Beverage Group on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Innovation Beverage Group

Innovation Beverage Group (formerly Australian Boutique Spirits) is an award-winning distillery that produces a variety of brands in-house and imports global brands to sell exclusively to the Australian market through bevmart.com.au. It was recently recognized as the Australian Liqueur Distillery of the year by the Melbourne International Spirits Competition.

About Molson Coors Beverage

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, spirits and energy, and ready to drink beverages. It provides its products under Aspall Cider, Blue Moon, Coors Original, Five Trail, Hop Valley brands, Leinenkugel’s, Madri, 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, 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 based in Golden, Colorado.