Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) & CTGX Mining (OTCMKTS:CHCX) Head-To-Head Contrast

CTGX Mining (OTCMKTS:CHCX) and Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for CTGX Mining and Boston Beer, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CTGX Mining	0	0	0	0	0.00
Boston Beer	2	11	1	0	1.93

Boston Beer has a consensus price target of $250.18, indicating a potential upside of 14.94%. Given Boston Beer’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Boston Beer is more favorable than CTGX Mining.

Risk & Volatility

CTGX Mining has a beta of 12.63, indicating that its stock price is 1,163% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Beer has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CTGX Mining and Boston Beer”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CTGX Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Boston Beer	$2.14 billion	1.14	$59.69 million	$7.09	30.70

Boston Beer has higher revenue and earnings than CTGX Mining.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CTGX Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A
Boston Beer	3.65%	15.15%	11.02%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

81.1% of Boston Beer shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of CTGX Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.1% of Boston Beer shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Boston Beer beats CTGX Mining on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CTGX Mining

CTGX Mining, Inc., through its subsidiary, Sackets Harbor Brewing Company, develops, produces, and markets micro brewed beers. The company offers its products under the brand names of War of 1812 Amber Ale, Railroad Red Ale, Thousand Island Pale Ale, 1812 Amber Ale Light, and Harbor Wheat. It also develops complementary products, such Sackets Harbor Coffee and Sackets Harbor Brewing Co. Root Beer. The company was formerly known as Harbor Brewing Co., Inc. and changed its name to CTGX Mining, Inc. in November 2012. CTGX Mining, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California.

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.