Critical Analysis: Duckhorn Portfolio (NAPA) & Its Peers

Duckhorn Portfolio (NYSE:NAPA – Get Rating) is one of 30 public companies in the “Beverages” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Duckhorn Portfolio to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Duckhorn Portfolio and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Duckhorn Portfolio	0	1	6	0	2.86
Duckhorn Portfolio Competitors	279	1294	1459	32	2.41

Duckhorn Portfolio presently has a consensus price target of $24.57, indicating a potential upside of 30.49%. As a group, “Beverages” companies have a potential upside of 90.32%. Given Duckhorn Portfolio’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Duckhorn Portfolio has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Duckhorn Portfolio and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Duckhorn Portfolio	15.28%	7.11%	4.76%
Duckhorn Portfolio Competitors	-11.45%	-22.68%	-11.85%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Duckhorn Portfolio and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Duckhorn Portfolio	$336.61 million	$55.96 million	39.23
Duckhorn Portfolio Competitors	$11.07 billion	$1.69 billion	-111.49

Duckhorn Portfolio’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Duckhorn Portfolio. Duckhorn Portfolio is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

22.4% of Duckhorn Portfolio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Duckhorn Portfolio shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Duckhorn Portfolio Company Profile (Get Rating)

The Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc. produces and sells wines in North America. It offers wines under a portfolio of brands, including Duckhorn Vineyards, Decoy, Kosta Browne, Goldeneye, Paraduxx, Calera, Migration, Canvasback, Greenwing, and Postmark. The company sells wines to distributors, and directly to retail accounts and consumers. The company was formerly known as Mallard Intermediate, Inc. and changed its name to The Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc. in February 2021. The Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Saint Helena, California.