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National Beverage (NASDAQ: FIZZ - Get Free Report) and Molson Coors Beverage (NYSE: TAP - Get Free Report) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation. Analyst Ratings This is a

General Mills, Molson Coors, Hormel Foods, and Clorox have a combined dividend history stretching well over two centuries. Each stock's dividend yield has climbed alongside its share price decline, meaning new investors can lock in a meaningfully higher starting income.

Molson Coors (TAP) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.

Both beer stocks are beaten down, but one has a dividend history that should make retirees nervous and a business trajectory that makes the yield look like a trap.

TAP is expanding Monaco Cocktails' reach beyond five key states, tapping into RTD spirits demand and new distribution channels to drive revenue growth.