Financial Comparison: Amer Prem Water (OTCMKTS:HIPH) & MGP Ingredients (NASDAQ:MGPI)

MGP Ingredients (NASDAQ:MGPI) and Amer Prem Water (OTCMKTS:HIPH) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares MGP Ingredients and Amer Prem Water”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MGP Ingredients	$536.38 million	0.68	-$107.81 million	($11.26)	-1.52
Amer Prem Water	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amer Prem Water has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MGP Ingredients.

Risk & Volatility

MGP Ingredients has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amer Prem Water has a beta of 3.45, suggesting that its share price is 245% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for MGP Ingredients and Amer Prem Water, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MGP Ingredients	1	2	3	0	2.33
Amer Prem Water	0	0	0	0	0.00

MGP Ingredients currently has a consensus price target of $27.25, suggesting a potential upside of 59.26%. Given MGP Ingredients’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe MGP Ingredients is more favorable than Amer Prem Water.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

77.1% of MGP Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. 31.7% of MGP Ingredients shares are held by 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.

Profitability

This table compares MGP Ingredients and Amer Prem Water’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MGP Ingredients	-48.08%	7.41%	4.32%
Amer Prem Water	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

MGP Ingredients beats Amer Prem Water on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MGP Ingredients

MGP Ingredients, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and supply of distilled spirits, branded spirits, and food ingredients in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Distillery Solutions; Branded Spirits; and Ingredient Solutions. The Distillery Solutions segment provides food grade alcohol for beverage applications that include bourbon, rye, whiskeys, as well as grain neutral spirits, include vodka and gin; and food-grade industrial alcohol, which is used as an ingredient in food products, personal care products, cleaning solutions, pharmaceuticals, and various other products. This segment also offers distillery co-products, such as dried distillers’ grain, fuel-grade alcohol for blending with gasoline, and corn oil; and provides warehouse services, including barrel put away, barrel storage, and barrel retrieval services, as well as blending services. The Branded Spirits segment provides premium plus, ultra-premium, super premium, premium, mid, and value branded distilled spirits, as well as private label products. The Ingredient Solutions segment provides specialty wheat starches for food applications under the Fibersym, Resistant Starch series, and FiberRite RW Resistant Starch names; specialty wheat proteins for food applications under the Arise and Proterra names; gluten-free textured pea proteins; commodity wheat starch for food and non-food applications; and commodity wheat proteins. It sells its products directly or through distributors to manufacturers and processors of finished packaged goods or to bakeries. The company was founded in 1941 and is based in Atchison, Kansas.

About Amer Prem Water

American Premium Mining Corporation focuses on supporting the blockchain ecosystem through proof-of-work and proof-of-stake mining of cryptocurrencies. The company was formerly known as American Premium Water Corporation and changed its name to American Premium Mining Corporation in May 2022. American Premium Mining Corporation is based in Playa Vista, California.