Head to Head Contrast: Epsium Enterprise (NASDAQ:EPSM) and Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM)

Epsium Enterprise (NASDAQ:EPSM) and Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Epsium Enterprise and Boston Beer, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Epsium Enterprise	0	0	0	0	0.00
Boston Beer	1	10	2	0	2.08

Boston Beer has a consensus target price of $258.09, indicating a potential upside of 19.12%. Given Boston Beer’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Boston Beer is more favorable than Epsium Enterprise.

Profitability

This table compares Epsium Enterprise and Boston Beer’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Epsium Enterprise	N/A	N/A	N/A
Boston Beer	3.65%	15.15%	11.02%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

81.1% of Boston Beer shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.1% of Boston Beer shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Epsium Enterprise and Boston Beer”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Epsium Enterprise	$12.52 million	41.81	N/A	N/A	N/A
Boston Beer	$2.14 billion	1.13	$59.69 million	$7.09	30.56

Boston Beer has higher revenue and earnings than Epsium Enterprise.

Summary

Boston Beer beats Epsium Enterprise on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Epsium Enterprise

We are a holding company incorporated under the laws of British Virgin Islands. As a holding company with no material operation of its own, we conduct substantially all our operations through an indirect Macau subsidiary, Companhia de Comercio Luz Limitada in Macau, or Luz. Luz is an 80%-owned subsidiary of Epsium Enterprise Limited in Hong Kong, or Epsium HK. Mr. Son I Tam, our CEO, Chairman, principal shareholder, and the founder of Epsium and Luz directly holds (i) 89.996% ownership interest in Epsium, (ii) 19% interest in Epsium HK, and (iii) 20% ownership interest in Luz. Luz is an import trading and wholesaler of primarily alcoholic beverages in Macau. Through Luz, we import and sell a broad range of premium beverages, primarily alcoholic beverages and, in 2022, a small quantity of tea and fruit juice. The alcoholic beverages we sell include Chinese liquor, French cognac, Scottish whiskey, fine wine, Champagne, and other miscellaneous beverage alcohol. Sales of Chinese liquor is by far our most significant operations, and we are a top wholesaler of high-end Chinese liquor in Macau. We operate only in Macau. Our principal executive office is located in Macau, SAR China.

About Boston Beer

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, flavored malt beverages, and hard seltzers under the Samuel Adams, Twisted Tea, Truly, Angry Orchard, Dogfish Head, Angel City, and Coney Island brand names. The company markets and sells its products to a network wholesaler in the United States, as well as 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 e-commerce retail outlets. It sells its 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.