SAM vs CNOB Comparison

Boston Beer is a top player in high-end malt beverages and adjacent categories in the US, with strong positions in craft beer, flavored malt beverages, hard cider, and hard seltzer. The bulk of volume and revenue is concentrated in four brands: Samuel Adams, Angry Orchard, Twisted Tea, and Truly. Beverages are produced using a hybrid model leveraging both in-house capacities and third-party breweries through contract arrangements. While the firm is required to use distributors to reach end markets, including retailers and on-premises operators, it also employs 500 internal sales representatives to educate the market about its products. The firm generates almost all sales in the US.

ConnectOne Bancorp Inc is a community-based, full-service New Jersey-chartered commercial bank. Substantially all loans are secured with various types of collateral, including business assets, consumer assets, and commercial/residential real estate. Each borrower's ability to repay its loans is dependent on the conversion of assets, cash flows generated from the borrowers' business, real estate rental, and consumer wages.