Drinks Americas (OTCMKTS:DKAM) versus Westrock Coffee (NASDAQ:WEST) Head-To-Head Review

Drinks Americas (OTCMKTS:DKAM) and Westrock Coffee (NASDAQ:WEST) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and risk.

Risk & Volatility

Drinks Americas has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westrock Coffee has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Drinks Americas and Westrock Coffee, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Drinks Americas	0	0	0	0	N/A
Westrock Coffee	0	0	3	0	3.00

Westrock Coffee has a consensus price target of $12.33, indicating a potential upside of 19.39%. Given Westrock Coffee’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Westrock Coffee is more favorable than Drinks Americas.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Drinks Americas and Westrock Coffee’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Drinks Americas	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Westrock Coffee	$864.71 million	1.05	-$34.58 million	($0.56)	-18.45

Drinks Americas has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Westrock Coffee.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

45.1% of Westrock Coffee shares are held by institutional investors. 42.1% of Westrock Coffee shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Drinks Americas and Westrock Coffee’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Drinks Americas	N/A	N/A	N/A
Westrock Coffee	-4.05%	-41.02%	-2.83%

Summary

Westrock Coffee beats Drinks Americas on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Drinks Americas

Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd. produces, imports, distributes, and markets premium wine and spirits, and alcoholic beverages to beverage wholesalers in the United States and internationally. The company offers premium authentic Mexican beer products under the brand names of Day of the Dead Beer, Mexicali, Rio Bravo, Red Pig, and Chili Beer. The company also markets and distributes non-alcoholic beverages. It offers its products through various retailers and restaurant chains. Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd. was founded in 1986 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

About Westrock Coffee

Westrock Coffee Company, LLC operates as an integrated coffee, tea, flavors, extracts, and ingredients solutions provider in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Beverage Solutions, and Sustainable Sourcing & Traceability (SS&T). The Beverage Solutions segment provides various packaging, including branded and private label coffee in bags, fractional packs, and single serve cups, as well as extract solutions for applications in cold brew and ready-to-drink offerings. The SS&T segment engages in delivery and settlement of forward sales contracts for green coffee. The company offers coffee sourcing, supply chain management, product development, roasting, packaging, and distribution services to the retail, food service and restaurant, convenience store and travel center, non-commercial account, CPG, and hospitality industries. Westrock Coffee Company, LLC was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas.