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BUD vs SAM

Side-by-side comparison of Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA Sponsored ADR (Belgium) (BUD) and Boston Beer Company Inc. (SAM): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both BUD and SAM operate in Beverages (Production/Distribution) (Consumer Staples), so they compete in similar markets.
  • BUD is the larger of the two at $109.23B, about 20.9x SAM ($5.23B).
  • Over the past year, BUD is up 11.5% and SAM is down 1.2% - BUD leads by 12.7 points.
  • SAM has been more active in the news (4 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for BUD).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceBUD+11.47%SAM-1.18%
2025-04-28+0.00%2026-04-24
MetricBUDSAM
Company
Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA Sponsored ADR (Belgium)
Boston Beer Company Inc.
Price
$72.60+0.51%
$235.31-1.98%
Market cap
$109.23B
$5.23B
1M return
+4.91%
+5.04%
1Y return
+11.47%
-1.18%
Industry
Beverages (Production/Distribution)
Beverages (Production/Distribution)
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
2
4
Recent ratings
25
25
BUD

Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA Sponsored ADR (Belgium)

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV engages in the production, distribution, and sale of beer, alcoholic beverages, and soft drinks worldwide. It offers a portfolio of approximately 500 beer brands, which primarily include Budweiser, Corona, and Stella Artois; Beck's, Hoegaarden, Leffe, and Michelob Ultra; and Aguila, Antarctica, Bud Light, Brahma, Cass, Castle, Castle Lite, Cristal, Harbin, Jupiler, Modelo Especial, Quilmes, Victoria, Sedrin, and Skol brands. The company was founded in 1366 and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is a subsidiary of AB InBev NV/SA.

SAM

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.

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