Financial Analysis: Heritage Distilling (IPST) vs. Its Rivals

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

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heritage Distilling	$8.40 million	$710,000.00	-0.06
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.

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 18.9% of shares of all “BEVERAGES – ALCOH” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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	-254.24%	N/A	-65.59%
Heritage Distilling Competitors	6.03%	7.14%	3.76%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Heritage Distilling and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Heritage Distilling	1	0	0	0	1.00
Heritage Distilling Competitors	399	1536	1513	62	2.35

As a group, “BEVERAGES – ALCOH” companies have a potential upside of 32.77%. Given Heritage Distilling’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Heritage Distilling has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Heritage Distilling rivals 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.