Diageo (NYSE:DEO) & Tsingtao Brewery (OTCMKTS:TSGTY) Head to Head Contrast

Diageo (NYSE:DEO) and Tsingtao Brewery (OTCMKTS:TSGTY) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Diageo and Tsingtao Brewery, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diageo	1	6	5	0	2.33
Tsingtao Brewery	0	1	0	0	2.00

Diageo presently has a consensus price target of $116.50, suggesting a potential upside of 44.87%. Given Diageo’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Diageo is more favorable than Tsingtao Brewery.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

9.0% of Diageo shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Diageo has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tsingtao Brewery has a beta of -0.05, suggesting that its share price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Diageo and Tsingtao Brewery’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diageo	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tsingtao Brewery	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dividends

Diageo pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Tsingtao Brewery pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Diageo and Tsingtao Brewery”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diageo	$20.25 billion	2.21	$2.35 billion	N/A	N/A
Tsingtao Brewery	$4.52 billion	1.87	$638.28 million	N/A	N/A

Diageo has higher revenue and earnings than Tsingtao Brewery.

Summary

Diageo beats Tsingtao Brewery on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Diageo

Diageo plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production, marketing, and sale of alcoholic beverages. The company offers scotch, gin, vodka, rum, raki, liqueur, wine, tequila, Chinese white spirits, cachaça, and brandy, as well as beer, including cider and flavored malt beverages. It also provides Chinese, Canadian, Irish, American, and Indian-Made Foreign Liquor whiskies, as well as flavored malt beverages, ready to drink, and non-alcoholic products. The company provides its products under the Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, J&B, Buchanan’s, Smirnoff, Cîroc, Ketel One, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Casamigos, Tanqueray, Guinness, Shui Jing Fang, Yenì, McDowell’s, Don Papa, Aviation American, Seagram, Seagram’s 7 Crown, Zacapa, Black Dog, Black & White, Signature, Royal Challenge, Godawan, Antiquity, Gordon’s, Old Parr, Windsor, Bundaberg, Ypióca, Bulleit, and Bell’s brand names. It operates in the United States, the United Kingdom, Türkiye, Australia, Korea, India, Greater China, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Nigeria, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1886 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

About Tsingtao Brewery

Tsingtao Brewery Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production, distribution, wholesale, and retail sale of beer products worldwide. It operates through seven segments: Shandong Region; South China Region; North China Region; East China Region; Southeast China Region; Hong Kong, Macau and Other Overseas Region; and Finance Company. The company sells its beer products primarily under the Tsingtao and Laoshan brand names. It also provides wealth management, and agency collection and payment services; and financing, construction, and logistics services, as well as technology promotion and application services. Tsingtao Brewery Company Limited was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Qingdao, the People's Republic of China.