Boston Beer Company Inc vs Zoetis Inc — how do they compare? Boston Beer Company Inc trades at $170.75 (market cap $1.88B), while Zoetis Inc trades at $76.07 (market cap $31.95B). The key difference: Zoetis Inc is far larger — about 17× Boston Beer Company Inc's market cap, and Zoetis Inc pays a 2.78% dividend while Boston Beer Company Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| SAM | ZTS | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $1.88B | $31.95B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Health |
52-Week High | $260.05 | $156.76 |
52-Week Low | $161.08 | $71.91 |
Enterprise Value | $1.75B | $39.24B |
Dividend Yield | — | 2.78% |
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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 →Zoetis sells anti-infectives, vaccines, parasiticides, diagnostics, and other health products for animals. The firm earns slightly less than half of total revenue from production animals (cattle, pigs, poultry, and so on), and more than half from companion animal (dogs, horses, cats) products make up the other half. Its U.S. business is heavily skewed toward companion animals, while its international business is slightly skewed toward production animals. The firm has the largest market share in the industry and was previously Pfizer's animal health unit.
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