Northrop Grumman Corporation vs Boston Beer Company Inc — how do they compare? Northrop Grumman Corporation trades at $512 (market cap $74.42B), while Boston Beer Company Inc trades at $170.75 (market cap $1.88B). The key difference: Northrop Grumman Corporation is far larger — about 39.6× Boston Beer Company Inc's market cap, and Northrop Grumman Corporation pays a 1.79% dividend while Boston Beer Company Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NOC | SAM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $74.42B | $1.88B |
Sector | Industrials | Consumer Staples |
52-Week High | $768.02 | $260.05 |
52-Week Low | $496.02 | $161.08 |
Enterprise Value | $88.65B | $1.75B |
Dividend Yield | 1.79% | — |
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Northrop Grumman is a defense contractor that is diversified across short-cycle and long-cycle businesses. The firm's segments include aeronautics, mission systems, defense services, and space systems. The company's aerospace segment creates the fuselage for the massive F-35 program and produces various piloted and autonomous flight systems. Mission systems creates a variety of sensors and processors for defense hardware. The defense systems segment is a long-range missile manufacturer. Finally, the company's space systems segment produces various space structures, sensors, and satellites.
Read more on NOC →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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