Molson Coors Beverage (NYSE:TAP) vs. Naked Wines (OTCMKTS:NWINF) Critical Survey

Naked Wines (OTCMKTS:NWINF) and Molson Coors Beverage (NYSE:TAP) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

78.5% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Molson Coors Beverage shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Naked Wines and Molson Coors Beverage”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Naked Wines	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Molson Coors Beverage	$13.04 billion	0.61	-$2.14 billion	($11.54)	-3.68

Naked Wines has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Molson Coors Beverage.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Naked Wines and Molson Coors Beverage, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Naked Wines	0	0	0	0	0.00
Molson Coors Beverage	4	11	4	0	2.00

Molson Coors Beverage has a consensus price target of $44.18, suggesting a potential upside of 4.05%. Given Molson Coors Beverage’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Molson Coors Beverage is more favorable than Naked Wines.

Profitability

This table compares Naked Wines and Molson Coors Beverage’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Naked Wines	N/A	N/A	N/A
Molson Coors Beverage	-17.83%	9.46%	4.25%

Summary

Molson Coors Beverage beats Naked Wines on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Naked Wines

Naked Wines plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the retailing of wines and spirits in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. The company offers its products online. The company was formerly known as Majestic Wine plc and changed its name to Naked Wines plc in August 2019. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Norwich, the United Kingdom.

About Molson Coors Beverage

Molson Coors Beverage Company manufactures, markets, and sells beer and other malt beverage products under various brands in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers flavored malt beverages including hard seltzers, craft, spirits and energy, and ready to drink beverages. It provides its products under Aspall Cider, Blue Moon, Coors Original, Five Trail, Hop Valley brands, Leinenkugel’s, Madri, Miller Genuine Draft, Molson Ultra, Sharp’s, Staropramen, and Vizzy Hard Seltzer above premier brands; Bergenbier, Borsodi, Carling, Coors Banquet, Coors Light, Jelen, Kamenitza, Miller Lite, Molson Canadian, and Niksicko, Ozujsko under the premium brands; and Branik, Icehouse, Keystone, Miller High Life, Milwaukee’s Best, and Steel Reserve under the economy brands. The company was formerly known as Molson Coors Brewing Company and changed its name to Molson Coors Beverage Company in January 2020. Molson Coors Beverage Company was founded in 1774 and is based in Golden, Colorado.