Comparing CTGX Mining (OTCMKTS:CHCX) and Heritage Distilling (NASDAQ:IPST)

Heritage Distilling (NASDAQ:IPST) and CTGX Mining (OTCMKTS:CHCX) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Heritage Distilling and CTGX Mining, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Heritage Distilling	1	0	1	0	2.00
CTGX Mining	0	0	0	0	0.00

Heritage Distilling presently has a consensus price target of $8.20, indicating a potential upside of 457.82%. Given Heritage Distilling’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Heritage Distilling is more favorable than CTGX Mining.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Heritage Distilling and CTGX Mining”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heritage Distilling	$8.40 million	1.67	$710,000.00	($22.15)	-0.07
CTGX Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Heritage Distilling has higher revenue and earnings than CTGX Mining.

Profitability

This table compares Heritage Distilling and CTGX Mining’s 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%
CTGX Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Heritage Distilling has a beta of 6.04, meaning that its share price is 504% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CTGX Mining has a beta of 0.05, meaning that its share price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Heritage Distilling beats CTGX Mining on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Heritage Distilling

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.

About CTGX Mining

CTGX Mining, Inc., through its subsidiary, Sackets Harbor Brewing Company, develops, produces, and markets micro brewed beers. The company offers its products under the brand names of War of 1812 Amber Ale, Railroad Red Ale, Thousand Island Pale Ale, 1812 Amber Ale Light, and Harbor Wheat. It also develops complementary products, such Sackets Harbor Coffee and Sackets Harbor Brewing Co. Root Beer. The company was formerly known as Harbor Brewing Co., Inc. and changed its name to CTGX Mining, Inc. in November 2012. CTGX Mining, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California.