Head-To-Head Comparison: Innovation Beverage Group (NASDAQ:IBG) versus Crimson Wine Group (OTCMKTS:CWGL)

Innovation Beverage Group (NASDAQ:IBG) and Crimson Wine Group (OTCMKTS:CWGL) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Innovation Beverage Group and Crimson Wine Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Innovation Beverage Group	0	0	1	0	3.00
Crimson Wine Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Innovation Beverage Group and Crimson Wine Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Innovation Beverage Group	$2.93 million	1.68	N/A	N/A	N/A
Crimson Wine Group	$72.40 million	1.63	$3.12 million	$0.02	286.50

Crimson Wine Group has higher revenue and earnings than Innovation Beverage Group.

Profitability

This table compares Innovation Beverage Group and Crimson Wine Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Innovation Beverage Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Crimson Wine Group	1.41%	0.54%	0.46%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

17.0% of Crimson Wine Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.6% of Crimson Wine Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Crimson Wine Group beats Innovation Beverage Group on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Innovation Beverage Group

Innovation Beverage Group (formerly Australian Boutique Spirits) is an award-winning distillery that produces a variety of brands in-house and imports global brands to sell exclusively to the Australian market through bevmart.com.au. It was recently recognized as the Australian Liqueur Distillery of the year by the Melbourne International Spirits Competition.

About Crimson Wine Group

Crimson Wine Group, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, produces and sells wines in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Wholesale and Direct to Consumer. The company also sells bulk wines and grapes; and other non-wine products, such as merchandise, as well as provides custom winemaking services. The company sells its products under the Pine Ridge Vineyards, Archery Summit, Chamisal Vineyards, Seghesio Family Vineyards, Double Canyon, Seven Hills Winery, and Malene Wines brand names. It offers wines to distributors, as well as directly to consumers through wine club memberships and direct phone calls, as well as its website, third-party websites, and other online sales. The company was formerly known as Leucadia Cellars, Ltd. and changed its name to Crimson Wine Group, Ltd. in November 2007. Crimson Wine Group, Ltd. was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Napa, California.