Why Molson Coors Is Poised to Outperform

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, beer maker Molson Coors Brewing (NYSE: TAP  ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Molson Coors and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Molson Coors facts

Headquarters (founded)

Denver (1873)

Market Cap

$8.2 billion

Industry

Brewers

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$3.9 billion

Management

CEO Peter Swinburn

Chief Planning Officer Michael Gannon

Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)

7.8%

Cash/Debt

$624.0 million / $4.7 billion

Dividend Yield

2.8%

Competitors

Anheuser-Busch (NYSE: BUD  )

Boston Beer (NYSE: BUD  )

Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 96% of the 870 members who have rated Molson Coors believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just last week, one of those Fools, All-Star joryko, succinctly summed up the Molson Coors bull case for our community:

Slowly starting to move upwards toward the end of 2012 and early 2013

-still trades at a P/B of 1, below its ten year average of 1.2
-Price/Cash Flow is only 8, versus its ten year average of 11
-unseated Budweiser as the #2 beer in America during 2012
-StarBev acquisition gave the company a dominant presence in Central and Eastern Europe
-20% jump in international sales for 2012

Not a huge growth story, but doesn't need to do much to justify prices at these low of valuations. 5+ years

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