Contrasting Heritage Distilling (IPST) & Its Peers

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

37.9% of shares of all “BEVERAGES – ALCOH” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of Heritage Distilling shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.9% of shares of all “BEVERAGES – ALCOH” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Heritage Distilling and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heritage Distilling	$8.40 million	$710,000.00	-0.27
Heritage Distilling Competitors	$150.20 billion	$800.12 million	9.37

Heritage Distilling’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Heritage Distilling. Heritage Distilling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Heritage Distilling and its competitors, 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	412	1557	1520	63	2.35

As a group, “BEVERAGES – ALCOH” companies have a potential upside of 25.39%. Given Heritage Distilling’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Heritage Distilling has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Heritage Distilling and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heritage Distilling	2,132.99%	-13.65%	-10.11%
Heritage Distilling Competitors	156.36%	6.12%	2.91%

Summary

Heritage Distilling competitors beat Heritage Distilling on 11 of the 12 factors compared.

About Heritage Distilling

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.