Critical Analysis: Heritage Distilling (IPST) & Its Rivals

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

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 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Heritage Distilling and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heritage Distilling	$7.27 million	$710,000.00	-0.05
Heritage Distilling Competitors	$149.96 billion	$800.12 million	9.05

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 breakdown of recent recommendations 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	401	1538	1515	62	2.35

As a group, “BEVERAGES – ALCOH” companies have a potential upside of 35.53%. Given Heritage Distilling’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Heritage Distilling has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

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	-254.24%	N/A	-65.59%
Heritage Distilling Competitors	6.03%	7.14%	3.76%

Summary

Heritage Distilling competitors 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.