LQR House (YHC) and Its Peers Financial Analysis

LQR House (NASDAQ:YHC) is one of 149 public companies in the “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare LQR House to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares LQR House and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LQR House	-1,588.72%	-14.06%	-10.42%
LQR House Competitors	-25.86%	3.87%	2.96%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

45.0% of shares of all “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of LQR House shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of shares of all “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares LQR House and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
LQR House	$1.57 million	-$25.52 million	-0.06
LQR House Competitors	$36.17 billion	$846.26 million	16.14

LQR House’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than LQR House. LQR House 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.

Volatility & Risk

LQR House has a beta of 2.82, indicating that its share price is 182% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LQR House’s peers have a beta of 0.44, indicating that their average share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for LQR House and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LQR House	1	0	0	0	1.00
LQR House Competitors	2242	8272	10045	459	2.41

As a group, “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies have a potential upside of 55.84%. Given LQR House’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LQR House has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

LQR House peers beat LQR House on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

LQR House Company Profile

LQR House, Inc. provides digital marketing and brand development for alcoholic beverage space. It intends to integrate the supply, sales, and marketing facets of the alcoholic beverage space into one easy to use platform and become the one-stop-shop for everything related to alcohol. The company was founded on January 11, 2021 and is headquartered in Miami Beach, FL.