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Best Brewer Beverage Stocks to Buy Now (2023)

Top brewer beverage stocks in 2023 ranked by overall Zen Score. See the best brewer beverage stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the beverages - brewers industry.

According to Zen Score, the 3 best brewer beverage stocks to buy right now are:

Boston Beer Co (NYSE:SAM) is the top brewer beverage stock with a Zen Score of 47, which is 10 points higher than the brewer beverage industry average of 37. It passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Boston Beer Co has seen its stock return 11.68% over the past year, underperforming other brewer beverage stocks by -10 percentage points.

Boston Beer Co has an average 1 year price target of $333.40, a downside of -10.21% from Boston Beer Co's current stock price of $371.31.

Boston Beer Co stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Boston Beer Co, 10% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 70% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 20% have issued a Strong Sell.

Ambev Sa (NYSE:ABEV) is the second best brewer beverage stock with a Zen Score of 38, which is 1 points higher than the brewer beverage industry average of 37. It passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Ambev Sa has seen its stock lose -9% over the past year, underperforming other brewer beverage stocks by -31 percentage points.

Ambev Sa has an average 1 year price target of $3.74, an upside of 37% from Ambev Sa's current stock price of $2.73.

Ambev Sa stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Ambev Sa, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Molson Coors Beverage Co (NYSE:TAP) is the third best brewer beverage stock with a Zen Score of 35, which is -2 points lower than the brewer beverage industry average of 37. It passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Molson Coors Beverage Co has seen its stock return 29.75% over the past year, overperforming other brewer beverage stocks by 8 percentage points.

Molson Coors Beverage Co has an average 1 year price target of $69.17, an upside of 6.79% from Molson Coors Beverage Co's current stock price of $64.77.

Molson Coors Beverage Co stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 12 analysts covering Molson Coors Beverage Co, 16.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 66.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 5 brewer beverage stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 brewer beverage stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Ambev Sa (NYSE:ABEV) has an annual dividend yield of 5.34%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the brewer beverage industry average of 2.75%. Ambev Sa's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% ten times in the last 10 years. Ambev Sa's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Ambev Sa's dividend payout ratio of 81.9% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

United Breweries Co (NYSE:CCU) has an annual dividend yield of 2.8%, which is the same as the brewer beverage industry average of 2.75%. United Breweries Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% eight times in the last 10 years. United Breweries Co's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

United Breweries Co's dividend payout ratio of 47.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Molson Coors Beverage Co (NYSE:TAP) has an annual dividend yield of 2.49%, which is the same as the brewer beverage industry average of 2.75%. Molson Coors Beverage Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Molson Coors Beverage Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Molson Coors Beverage Co's dividend payout ratio of 831.6% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Brewer beverage stocks were down -0.44% in the last day, and down -0.27% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why brewer beverage stocks are down.

Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued brewer beverage stocks right now are:

Molson Coors Beverage Co (NYSE:TAP) is the most undervalued brewer beverage stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Molson Coors Beverage Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 19 points higher than the brewer beverage industry average of 24. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Molson Coors Beverage Co's stock has gained 29.75% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the brewer beverage industry by 8 percentage points.

Anheuser Busch Inbev Sa (NYSE:BUD) is the second most undervalued brewer beverage stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Anheuser Busch Inbev Sa has a valuation score of 29, which is 5 points higher than the brewer beverage industry average of 24. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Anheuser Busch Inbev Sa's stock has gained 16.67% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the brewer beverage industry by -5 percentage points.

United Breweries Co (NYSE:CCU) is the third most undervalued brewer beverage stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. United Breweries Co has a valuation score of 29, which is 5 points higher than the brewer beverage industry average of 24. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

United Breweries Co's stock has gained 32.21% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the brewer beverage industry by 11 percentage points.