Charter Communications Inc vs Boston Beer Company Inc — how do they compare? Charter Communications Inc trades at $128.81 (market cap $16.16B), while Boston Beer Company Inc trades at $168.61 (market cap $1.80B). The key difference: Charter Communications Inc is far larger — about 9× Boston Beer Company Inc's market cap. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CHTR | SAM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $16.16B | $1.80B |
Sector | Media | Consumer Staples |
52-Week High | $398.11 | $260.05 |
52-Week Low | $125.54 | $161.08 |
Enterprise Value | $112.46B | $1.67B |
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Charter is the product of the 2016 merger of three cable companies, each with a decades-long history in the business: Legacy Charter, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks. The firm now holds networks capable of providing television, internet access, and phone services to roughly 54 million U.S. homes and businesses, around 40% of the country. Across this footprint, Charter serves 29 million residential and 2 million commercial customer accounts under the Spectrum brand, making it the second-largest U.S. cable company behind Comcast. The firm also owns, in whole or in part, sports and news networks, including Spectrum SportsNet (long-term local rights to Los Angeles Lakers games), SportsNet LA (Los Angeles Dodgers), SportsNet New York (New York Mets), and Spectrum News NY1.
Read more on CHTR →Boston Beer is a leader in U.S. high-end malt beverages and adjacent categories, with strong positions in craft beer, hard cider, and hard seltzer. The firm sells an array of flavor variants and package sizes, predominantly centered around four priority brands: Samuel Adams, Angry Orchard, Twisted Tea, and Truly Hard Seltzer. Its drinks are produced in both company-owned breweries as well as through third-party contract arrangements, and while the company primarily goes to market through independent wholesalers (as mandated by law), it operates a fairly large salesforce to induce demand across the value chain (distributors, retailers, and drinkers). The preponderance of revenue is generated domestically.
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