Heritage Distilling (IPST) vs. Its Rivals Critical Analysis

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Heritage Distilling and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heritage Distilling	$8.40 million	$710,000.00	-1.06
Heritage Distilling Competitors	$150.29 billion	$800.12 million	3.57

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heritage Distilling	-254.24%	N/A	-65.59%
Heritage Distilling Competitors	6.03%	7.14%	3.76%

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Heritage Distilling and its peers, as provided 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	393	1532	1513	62	2.36

As a group, “BEVERAGES – ALCOH” companies have a potential upside of 32.63%. Given Heritage Distilling’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Heritage Distilling has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Heritage Distilling peers beat Heritage Distilling on 12 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.