Why Beam Looks Tasty for the Long Term
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, premium spirits specialist Beam has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Beam and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Beam facts
Headquarters (Founded) | Deerfield, Ill. (1904) |
Market Cap | $9.8 billion |
Industry | Distillers and vintners |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $2.5 billion |
Management | CEO Matthew Shattock (since 2011) |
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | 5.8% |
Cash / Debt | $365.7 million / $2.5 billion |
Dividend Yield | 1.5% |
Competitors | Brown-Forman |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 97% of the 179 members who have rated Beam believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, All-Star greedwhenfearful, succinctly summed up the Beam bull case for our community:
[A] simple, high margin business model that's consumed daily worldwide that I'm a big fan of. About a year ago BEAM was spun off from Fortune Brands to be a pure-play spirits company. That means I get focus, strong brands (Jim Beam, Skinny Girl, Courvoisier, Pucker, Maker's Mark, Pinnacle, etc.) a small market cap ($9.8 billion), with a 1.46% [dividend yield] that I believe will be constantly raised throughout the decades as the company grows and compounds.
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