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Molson Coors Beverage Co

TAPNYSE

SectorConsumer Staples

IndustryBrewers

Beta (adjusted)0.62

Intrinsic Value

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Market Price $37.11Price as of 1 Oct 2026

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Market Cap $6.9B

Enterprise Value $12.5B

Shares Outstanding 185.1M diluted

Moat Rating None

Next Earnings Date3 Nov 2026

Last ex-dividend28 Aug 2026

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Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Molson Coors presents a balanced but execution-dependent case. The company reaffirmed its 2026 outlook and generated $513.8 million of underlying free cash flow through June, while pricing, premiumization and cost savings partly offset pressure. Nevertheless, second-quarter worldwide brand volume fell 4.8%, constant-currency sales declined 3.6%, underlying income before tax declined 27.8% and underlying EPS declined 22.9%. Commodity and logistics inflation, including an expected full-year Midwest Premium impact exceeding approximately $130 million, constrains near-term earnings. The maintained dividend, repurchases and three-year cost-savings program provide support, but sustained volume stabilization and delivery of second-half expense reductions are required before a more constructive recommendation is warranted.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets21 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$34.00

Mean target$45.48

High · most bullish analyst$61.00

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 18 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$34.0020%

The downside case assumes brand-volume declines persist at approximately 5% or worse, U.S. core and value brands continue losing momentum, and commodity, logistics and volume-deleverage pressures exceed savings. A miss below the lower boundaries of sales, earnings or free-cash-flow guidance would reduce capital-return flexibility and challenge the expected recovery under Horizon 2030.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$45.4860%

Matches the consensus mean

The base case assumes Molson Coors broadly achieves its reaffirmed 2026 guidance: constant-currency sales around flat within the stated tolerance, underlying income before tax down 15% to 18%, underlying EPS down 11% to 15%, and underlying free cash flow near $1.1 billion within the stated range. Pricing, cost savings and lower second-half MG&A partly offset continued soft volumes and inflation.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$61.0020%

The upside case assumes brand-volume trends stabilize materially from the second-quarter decline, positive pricing and premium mix continue, Monaco and Fever-Tree sustain momentum, and cost savings plus lower second-half MG&A offset elevated commodity and logistics costs. Meeting or exceeding free-cash-flow guidance while maintaining dividends and repurchases would strengthen the value proposition.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Underlying free cash flow reached $513.8 million for the first half of 2026, up $220.3 million year over year, and management reaffirmed full-year guidance of $1.1 billion plus or minus 10%.
Positive price and sales mix contributed 1.8 percentage points to second-quarter consolidated net-sales performance despite lower volume.
The three-year cost-savings program targets up to $450 million, while management expects lower MG&A in the second half of 2026.
Capital returns remain active: Molson Coors paid dividends and repurchased shares during the first half, and the board declared a $0.48 quarterly dividend payable September 18, 2026.

Key Investment Risks

Second-quarter financial volume declined 5.4% and worldwide brand volume declined 4.8%, with weakness in U.S. core and value brands.
Second-quarter constant-currency underlying income before tax declined 27.8%, while underlying diluted EPS declined 22.9%.
Commodity and logistics costs remain elevated, and management expects the 2026 Midwest Premium impact to exceed approximately $130 million.
EMEA and APAC underlying income before tax fell 44.3% in constant currency during the second quarter and was only $8.3 million for the first half.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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