Heritage Distilling (IPST) vs. The Competition Financial Survey

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

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

Profitability

This table compares Heritage Distilling and its peers’ 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%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Heritage Distilling and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heritage Distilling	$8.40 million	$710,000.00	-1.06
Heritage Distilling Competitors	$150.29 billion	$800.12 million	3.67

Heritage Distilling’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Heritage Distilling. Heritage Distilling 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Heritage Distilling and its peers, 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	394	1532	1513	62	2.36

As a group, “BEVERAGES – ALCOH” companies have a potential upside of 32.63%. Given Heritage Distilling’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Heritage Distilling has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Heritage Distilling peers 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.