Heritage Distilling (IPST) & Its Rivals Critical Analysis

Heritage Distilling (NASDAQ:IPST) is one of 30 publicly-traded companies in the “BEVERAGES – ALCOH” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Heritage Distilling to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Heritage Distilling and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heritage Distilling	2,132.99%	-13.65%	-10.11%
Heritage Distilling Competitors	157.96%	5.66%	2.77%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

37.9% of shares of all “BEVERAGES – ALCOH” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of Heritage Distilling shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.9% of shares of all “BEVERAGES – ALCOH” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Heritage Distilling and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heritage Distilling	$8.40 million	$710,000.00	-0.05
Heritage Distilling Competitors	$149.96 billion	$800.12 million	9.38

Heritage Distilling’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Heritage Distilling. Heritage Distilling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Heritage Distilling and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Heritage Distilling	1	0	0	0	1.00
Heritage Distilling Competitors	402	1546	1515	62	2.35

As a group, “BEVERAGES – ALCOH” companies have a potential upside of 33.46%. Given Heritage Distilling’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Heritage Distilling has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Heritage Distilling competitors beat Heritage Distilling on 11 of the 12 factors compared.

Heritage Distilling Company Profile

Heritage Distilling Holding Company Inc. is a craft distiller of premium brands, including whiskeys, vodkas, gins, rums and ready-to-drink canned cocktails. Heritage Distilling Holding Company Inc. is based in GIG HARBOR, Wash.