Compare · DEO vs SAM
DEO vs SAM
Side-by-side comparison of Diageo plc (DEO) and Boston Beer Company Inc. (SAM): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both DEO and SAM operate in Beverages (Production/Distribution) (Consumer Staples), so they compete in similar markets.
- DEO is the larger of the two at $44.77B, about 26.1x SAM ($1.72B).
- Over the past year, DEO is down 25.0% and SAM is down 24.6% - SAM leads by 0.4 points.
- SAM has been more active in the news (11 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for DEO).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
- Company
- Diageo plc
- Boston Beer Company Inc.
- Price
- $80.43+1.89%
- $164.57+2.32%
- Market cap
- $44.77B
- $1.72B
- 1M return
- -4.88%
- -20.28%
- 1Y return
- -25.00%
- -24.57%
- Industry
- Beverages (Production/Distribution)
- Beverages (Production/Distribution)
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- News (4w)
- 1
- 11
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 25
Diageo plc
Diageo plc, together with its subsidiaries, produces, markets, and sells alcoholic beverages. The company offers scotch, whisky, gin, vodka, rum, ready to drink products, Irish cream liqueur, raki, liqueur, wine, tequila, Canadian whisky, American whiskey, adult beverages, cachaça, spirits, and brandy, as well as beer, including cider and non-alcoholic products. Diageo plc provides its products primarily under the Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray, and Guinness brands. The company also offers its products under the Crown Royal, Yenì Raki, Shui Jing Fang, Johnnie Walker Blue Label, Bulleit Bourbon, Don Julio, Buchanan's, J?B, Old Parr, Tanqueray No. TEN, Ron Zacapa Centenario XO, Casamigos, Bundaberg, McDowell's No. 1, Ypióca, Lagavulin, The Singleton of Glen Ord, Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve, Windsor, Black&White, Cîroc, Ketel One vodka, and Talisker brands. It has operations in North America, Europe, Turkey, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1886 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Boston Beer Company Inc.
The Boston Beer Company, Inc. produces and sells alcohol beverages primarily in the United States. The company's flagship beer is Samuel Adams Boston Lager. It offers various beers, hard ciders, and hard seltzers under the Samuel Adams, Twisted Tea, Truly Hard Seltzer, Angry Orchard, Dogfish Head, Angel City, Coney Island, Concrete Beach brand names. The company markets and sells its products to a network of approximately 400 wholesalers in the United States, as well as international wholesalers, importers, or other agencies that in turn sell to retailers, such as grocery stores, club stores, convenience stores, liquor stores, bars, restaurants, stadiums, and other retail outlets. It also sells in products in Canada, Europe, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, the Pacific Rim, Mexico, and Central and South America. The Boston Beer Company, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Latest DEO
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Diageo plc
- ALEXIS ORTEGA IS CROWNED 2026 U.S. BARTENDER OF THE YEAR IN THE TALES OF THE COCKTAIL FOUNDATION PRESENTS WORLD CLASS SPONSORED BY DIAGEO NATIONAL FINALS
- SEAGRAM'S 7 CROWN BLENDED WHISKEY TURNS UP THE TASTE OF SUMMER WITH NEW APPLE PIE FLAVOR
- RITUAL ZERO PROOF EXPANDS INTO READY-TO-DRINK WITH NEW LINE OF PREMIUM NON-ALCOHOLIC COCKTAILS
- The Cocktail Collection Makes Summer Cocktailing Even Easier with New Single-Serve Cans
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Diageo plc
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Diageo plc
- Stitzel-Weller Distillery Unveils Stitzel Reserve 31-Year-Old Bourbon Whiskey
- Rauw Alejandro and Buchanan's Scotch Whisky Mark a Milestone for Music, Celebration and the FIFA World Cup 2026™ Countdown, Debuting a First-of-Its-Kind Song and Music Video, 'Dando Vueltas.'
- The Captain's Serving Summer: NEW Captain Morgan Sliced Colada Variety Pack Is On Shelves Now
Latest SAM
- Sun Cruiser and G/FORE Elevate Golf Course Style with New Limited-Edition Apparel Collection
- Boston Beer Company Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events
- Boston Beer Company Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Changes in Control of Registrant, Other Events
- Samuel Adams Cracks Open the Brewer Patriot Collection, Launches 'Raise a Sam' to Celebrate America's 250th
- Director Stone Christopher Isaac was granted 358 units of Class A Common, increasing direct ownership by 34% to 1,411 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Jordan Joseph Hugh was granted 358 units of Class A Common, increasing direct ownership by 34% to 1,411 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Swanson Cynthia was granted 358 units of Class A Common, increasing direct ownership by 38% to 1,294 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Nemeth Julio N gave a grant of 358 units of Class A Common, decreasing direct ownership by 25% to 1,076 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Fisher Cynthia A was granted 358 units of Class A Common, increasing direct ownership by 9% to 4,399 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Joyce Meghan V. was granted 358 units of Class A Common, increasing direct ownership by 50% to 1,076 units (SEC Form 4)