Head to Head Comparison: Heritage Distilling (IPST) and The Competition

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 similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and profitability.

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%	N/A	-52.46%
Heritage Distilling Competitors	6.03%	7.14%	3.76%

Valuation & 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	$8.40 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 summary of recent ratings and price targets for Heritage Distilling and its competitors, 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	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 possible upside, analysts clearly believe Heritage Distilling has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

37.9% of shares of all “BEVERAGES – ALCOH” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of Heritage Distilling shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.9% of shares of all “BEVERAGES – ALCOH” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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

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.