Boston Beer Company Inc vs Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund — how do they compare? Boston Beer Company Inc trades at $170.75 (market cap $1.88B), while Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund trades at $44.86. The key difference: Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund is trading nearer its 52-week high, Boston Beer Company Inc nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| SAM | XLU | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $1.88B | — |
Sector | Consumer Staples | — |
52-Week High | $260.05 | $47.73 |
52-Week Low | $161.08 | $41.31 |
Enterprise Value | $1.75B | — |
Trailing returns across standard periods
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 →In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes securities of companies from the following industries: electric utilities; water utilities; multi-utilities; independent power and renewable electricity producers; and gas utilities. The fund is non-diversified.
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