Heritage Distilling (IPST) vs. Its Peers Financial Survey

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heritage Distilling	-254.24%	N/A	-65.59%
Heritage Distilling Competitors	6.03%	7.14%	3.76%

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Heritage Distilling and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heritage Distilling	$8.40 million	$710,000.00	-0.06
Heritage Distilling Competitors	$149.96 billion	$800.12 million	9.05

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Heritage Distilling and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Heritage Distilling	1	0	0	0	1.00
Heritage Distilling Competitors	399	1536	1513	62	2.35

As a group, “BEVERAGES – ALCOH” companies have a potential upside of 32.77%. Given Heritage Distilling’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Heritage Distilling has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Heritage Distilling peers beat Heritage Distilling on 12 of the 12 factors compared.

Heritage Distilling Company Profile

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.