ABEV vs JSDA vs SAM Stock Comparison

Ambev, Jones Soda and Boston Beer Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ABEV Ambev S.A.
$2.84 -2.4% 1M +29.7% 1Y
Market cap
$45.06B
P/E
14.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.68B
Div. yield
–
Brewers Consumer Staples
7 wins
JSDA Jones Soda Co.
$0.23 -17.9% 1M +35.3% 1Y
Market cap
$26.87M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
1 win
SAM Boston Beer Co Inc
$201.68 +23.2% 1M -12.9% 1Y
Market cap
$2.05B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.03B
Div. yield
–
Brewers Consumer Staples

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Ambev leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Ambev 7, Jones Soda 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionABEVJSDASAMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $45.06B $26.87M $2.05B ABEV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 14.3x -15.1x -28.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.9x — 22.5x ABEV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.1% — -3.5% ABEV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 18.8% — -3.6% ABEV
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 25.3% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.4x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +29.7% +35.3% -12.9% JSDA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.2%/yr -23.7%/yr -16.1%/yr ABEV
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.0% 93.6% 37.8% ABEV
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 — 57/100 ABEV

Percentile Scorecard

ABEVJSDASAM

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisABEVJSDASAM
Valuation 87 #6 of 38 – 73 #11 of 38
Growth 31 #23 of 33 97 #2 of 33 3 #32 of 33
Profitability 100 #1 of 31 – 47 #17 of 31
Financial Health 81 #8 of 38 – 68 #13 of 38
Shareholder Returns 46 #13 of 23 – 96 #2 of 23
Overall 69 – 57
  • ABEV ranked among 41 companies in Beverages
  • JSDA ranked among 41 companies in Beverages
  • SAM ranked among 41 companies in Beverages

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodABEVJSDASAMSPY
1 month -2.4%-17.9%+23.2% -0.8%
3 months -7.8%-23.3%+9.9% +3.5%
6 months -1.7%-14.8%-16.0% +7.0%
Year to date +15.0%-17.9%+3.4% +12.2%
1 year +29.7%+35.3%-12.9% +13.0%
3 years +16.4%+35.3%-36.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year +5.2%+10.6%-14.2% +23.1%
5 years +6.0%-74.2%-58.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year +1.2%-23.7%-16.1% +11.0%
10 years -54.3%-42.5%+26.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year -7.5%-5.4%+2.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureABEVJSDASAMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.0%93.6%37.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 37.3%102.8%40.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.460.27-0.26 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.820.38-0.34 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -46.2%-87.6%-70.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -17.2%-39.5%-22.4% -1.8%
52-week high $3.43$0.38$260.05 $779.14
52-week low $2.18$0.17$161.08 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleABEVJSDASAM
P/E now vs peer median 14.1xmedian 26.6x -15.1xmedian 26.6x -28.3xmedian 26.6x
P/S now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 1.5x —median 1.5x 1.0xmedian 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.3xmedian 14.2x —median 14.2x -172.8xmedian 14.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.4xmedian 18.3x —median 18.3x 11.2xmedian 18.3x
P/B now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 2.6x —median 2.6x 2.8xmedian 2.6x
PEG now vs peer median 4.09median 2.09 -0.39median 2.09 0.63median 2.09

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsABEVJSDASAM
Revenue $16.68B – $2.03B
Gross profit $8.66B – $937.09M
Operating income $4.53B – -$96.37M
Net income $3.16B -$7.00K -$73.06M
Free cash flow $6.02B – $185.06M
EPS (diluted) $0.20 $-0.02 $-7.15
Cash & equivalents $3.21B – $308.10M
Total debt $2.67B – –
Shares (diluted) 15.68B 116.81M 10.22M
Enterprise value $30.35B $26.87M $1.09B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricABEVJSDASAM
P/E 14.1x -15.1x -28.3x
P/FCF 7.4x – 11.2x
P/Operating cash flow 8.5x – 8.8x
P/S 2.7x – 1.0x
P/B 2.6x – 2.8x
P/Tangible book 3.0x – 2.9x
EV/EBITDA 7.3x – -172.8x
EV/EBIT 9.4x – -18.3x
EV/Revenue 2.5x – 0.9x
EV/FCF 7.0x – 9.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 8.0x – 7.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.09 -0.39 0.63

Growth

14 metrics
MetricABEVJSDASAM
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.1% – -3.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.4% – -2.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 4.9% – -0.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.7% – 2.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 13.0% – -179.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 9.5% – -42.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 19.2% 99.9% -179.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 3.6% 89.7% -42.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -14.2% 83.5% -183.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.5% 39.0% -45.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 14.3% – -14.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.6% – 4.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 11.2% – -12.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.9% – 10.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricABEVJSDASAM
Gross margin 51.9% – 46.1%
EBITDA margin 34.6% – -0.5%
Operating margin 27.1% – -4.7%
Pretax margin 23.1% – -4.3%
Net margin 18.8% – -3.6%
FCF margin 36.1% – 9.1%
Operating cash flow margin 31.5% – 11.5%
Return on equity 18.4% – -10.1%
Return on assets 11.7% – -5.9%
Return on invested capital 25.3% – –
Return on capital employed 23.5% – -12.2%
Asset turnover 0.6x – 1.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x – -3.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% – 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricABEVJSDASAM
Debt / assets 4.1% – –
Debt / equity 0.1x – –
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x – –
Debt / FCF 0.2x – –
Liabilities / assets 35.7% – 40.6%
Equity / assets 64.3% – 59.4%
Interest coverage 5.7x – –
Current ratio 1.0x – 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.6x – 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.5x – 0.7x
Altman Z-score 4.09 – 3.93

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricABEVJSDASAM
Dividend yield 1.1% – –
Net buyback yield 1.2% – 5.9%
Shareholder yield 2.2% – 5.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusABEVJSDASAM
Forward P/E 14.9xFY2026 – 22.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.19FY2026 – $8.97FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +5.6%FY2026 – -9.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +15.8% – +17.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $18.71BFY2026 – $2.02BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.2%FY2026 – +3.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.1% – -9.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersABEVJSDASAM
Held by institutions 6.7% – 100.0%
Institutions holding 403 – 330
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.9% – +11.2%
Institutions buying 199 – 158
Institutions selling 131 – 113
Buyers to sellers 1.52 – 1.40

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ABEVJSDASAM
ABEV 1.00 0.01 0.11
JSDA 0.01 1.00 -0.01
SAM 0.11 -0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ABEV, JSDA and SAM?

Ambev (ABEV) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ambev (ABEV) $45.06B, Jones Soda (JSDA) $26.87M, Boston Beer (SAM) $2.05B.

Which company is growing faster?

Ambev (ABEV) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ambev (ABEV) +4.1%, Boston Beer (SAM) -3.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ambev (ABEV) has the highest net margin (Ambev (ABEV) 18.8%, Boston Beer (SAM) -3.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Jones Soda (JSDA) returned the most: Ambev (ABEV) +29.7%, Jones Soda (JSDA) +35.3%, Boston Beer (SAM) -12.9%. Over five years, Ambev (ABEV) compounded fastest (Ambev (ABEV) +1.2%/yr, Jones Soda (JSDA) -23.7%/yr, Boston Beer (SAM) -16.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ambev (ABEV) has been the steadiest (Ambev (ABEV) 36.0%, Jones Soda (JSDA) 93.6%, Boston Beer (SAM) 37.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ABEV, JSDA and SAM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ambev (ABEV) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.