Reviewing Heritage Distilling (NASDAQ:CASK) and Westrock Coffee (NASDAQ:WEST)

Westrock Coffee (NASDAQ:WEST) and Heritage Distilling (NASDAQ:CASK) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Westrock Coffee and Heritage Distilling”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Westrock Coffee	$836.72 million	0.72	-$34.58 million	($0.86)	-7.49
Heritage Distilling	$8.08 million	1.31	N/A	N/A	N/A

Heritage Distilling has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 company 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Westrock Coffee	-9.05%	-20.72%	-2.01%
Heritage Distilling	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Westrock Coffee and Heritage Distilling, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Westrock Coffee	0	0	4	0	3.00
Heritage Distilling	0	0	0	0	0.00

Westrock Coffee presently has a consensus target price of $11.25, indicating a potential upside of 74.69%. Given Westrock Coffee’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Westrock Coffee is more favorable than Heritage Distilling.

Summary

Westrock Coffee beats Heritage Distilling on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.