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 compare to its rivals? We will compare Heritage Distilling to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Heritage Distilling and its rivals 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	9.05

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

Profitability

This table compares Heritage Distilling and its rivals’ 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%

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Heritage Distilling and its rivals, 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	1539	1515	62	2.35

As a group, “BEVERAGES – ALCOH” companies have a potential upside of 35.43%. Given Heritage Distilling’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Heritage Distilling has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Heritage Distilling rivals 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.