SAM vs IAG 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 over 95% of sales in the us.

Iamgold Corp is a mid-tier gold mining company. The company operating gold mines are divided into geographic segments such as Burkina Faso - Essakane mine, Canada - Doyon division, including Westwood mine. The company's s non-gold mine segments are the Cote Gold project, Exploration and evaluation and development, and Corporate - which includes royalty interests. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Burkina Faso segment.