Reviewing 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 valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Duckhorn Portfolio and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Duckhorn Portfolio	0	1	6	0	2.86
Duckhorn Portfolio Competitors	279	1294	1460	32	2.41

Duckhorn Portfolio currently has a consensus price target of $24.57, suggesting a potential upside of 31.89%. As a group, “Beverages” companies have a potential upside of 86.75%. Given Duckhorn Portfolio’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Duckhorn Portfolio has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

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	38.81
Duckhorn Portfolio Competitors	$11.07 billion	$1.69 billion	-110.71

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.

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%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

22.4% of Duckhorn Portfolio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.0% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Duckhorn Portfolio shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

About Duckhorn Portfolio (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.