Westrock Coffee (NASDAQ:WEST – Get Free Report) and Zevia PBC (NYSE:ZVIA – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
45.1% of Westrock Coffee shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.2% of Zevia PBC shares are held by institutional investors. 42.1% of Westrock Coffee shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Zevia PBC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Risk & Volatility
Westrock Coffee has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zevia PBC has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Westrock Coffee | $850.73 million | 0.75 | -$80.30 million | ($0.91) | -7.41 |
| Zevia PBC | $155.05 million | 1.52 | -$20.00 million | ($0.31) | -10.26 |
Zevia PBC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Westrock Coffee. Zevia PBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westrock Coffee, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Westrock Coffee and Zevia PBC’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Westrock Coffee | -9.61% | -41.92% | -3.46% |
| Zevia PBC | -12.58% | -35.52% | -23.13% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Westrock Coffee and Zevia PBC, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Westrock Coffee | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Zevia PBC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Westrock Coffee presently has a consensus target price of $10.40, indicating a potential upside of 54.30%. Zevia PBC has a consensus target price of $3.38, indicating a potential upside of 6.13%. Given Westrock Coffee’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Westrock Coffee is more favorable than Zevia PBC.
Summary
Westrock Coffee beats Zevia PBC on 8 of the 14 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 Zevia PBC
Zevia PBC, a beverage company, develops, markets, sells, and distributes various carbonated beverages in the United States and Canada. It offers soda, energy drinks, organic tea, and kidz drinks. The company offers its products through a network of food, drug, warehouse club, mass, natural, convenience, and e-commerce channels, as well as grocery distributors and natural product stores and specialty outlets. It provides its products under the Zevia brand name. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Encino, California.
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