DIAGEO plc vs CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC., two Beverages stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DEO and STZ diverge most: on revenue growth, DEO reads +4.2% and STZ reads -10.1%; on debt / equity, DEO reads 0.00 and STZ reads 1.32. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What STZ's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | DEO | STZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $88.03 | $130.23 |
| Market cap | $53.5B | $22.2B |
| Sector | Beverages | Beverages |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 20.8 | — |
| P/B | 3.91 | 2.60 |
| P/S | 1.91 | 2.33 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.8 | 10.2 |
| Revenue growth | +4.2% | -10.1% |
| Gross margin | 43.5% | 51.0% |
| Operating margin | 15.5% | 32.6% |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 19.1% |
| Return on equity | 18.5% | 21.3% |
| Return on assets | 5.0% | 8.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 22.7% | 12.7% |
| FCF yield | 24.0% | 8.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.32 |
| Current ratio | 1.60 | 0.91 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.13 | 2.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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