Boston Beer Company Inc vs Union Pacific Corporation — how do they compare? Boston Beer Company Inc trades at $177.2 (market cap $1.86B), while Union Pacific Corporation trades at $291.52 (market cap $173.99B). The key difference: Union Pacific Corporation is far larger — about 93.5× Boston Beer Company Inc's market cap, and Union Pacific Corporation pays a 1.94% dividend while Boston Beer Company Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| SAM | UNP | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $1.86B | $173.99B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Industrials |
52-Week High | $260.05 | $307.32 |
52-Week Low | $161.08 | $214.91 |
Enterprise Value | $1.63B | $203.04B |
Dividend Yield | — | 1.94% |
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Latest headlines on both assets
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.
Read more on SAM →Omaha, Nebraska-based Union Pacific is the largest public railroad in North America. Operating on more than 30,000 miles of track in the western two thirds of the U.S., UP generated roughly $22 billion of revenue in 2021 by hauling coal, industrial products, intermodal containers, agriculture goods, chemicals, and automotive goods. UP owns about one fourth of Mexican railroad Ferromex and derives about 10% of its revenue hauling freight to and from Mexico.
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