Heritage Distilling (NASDAQ:CASK) versus Eastside Distilling (NASDAQ:EAST) Financial Contrast

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Heritage Distilling and Eastside Distilling”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heritage Distilling	$7.76 million	0.50	N/A	N/A	N/A
Eastside Distilling	$10.80 million	0.00	-$7.53 million	($3.70)	N/A

Heritage Distilling has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Eastside Distilling.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.6% of Eastside Distilling shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.4% of Eastside Distilling shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Heritage Distilling	0	0	0	0	0.00
Eastside Distilling	0	0	1	0	3.00

Eastside Distilling has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Eastside Distilling’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Eastside Distilling is more favorable than Heritage Distilling.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heritage Distilling	N/A	N/A	N/A
Eastside Distilling	-74.63%	-2,066.36%	-31.99%

Summary

Eastside Distilling beats Heritage Distilling on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Eastside Distilling

Eastside Distilling, Inc. engages in the manufacture and marketing of hand-crafted spirits. Its products include bourbon, American whiskey, vodka, and rum. The company was founded by Lenny Gotter on February 11, 2008 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.