Financial Survey: LQR House Inc. – Common Stock (NASDAQ:YHC) and Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ)

Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) and LQR House Inc. – Common Stock (NASDAQ:YHC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

77.3% of Constellation Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.2% of Constellation Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of LQR House Inc. – Common Stock shares 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.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Constellation Brands and LQR House Inc. – Common Stock”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Constellation Brands	$10.21 billion	3.29	$1.73 billion	($0.51)	-364.45
LQR House Inc. – Common Stock	$2.27 million	1.05	-$15.75 million	($143.36)	-0.02

Constellation Brands has higher revenue and earnings than LQR House Inc. – Common Stock. Constellation Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LQR House Inc. – Common Stock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Constellation Brands and LQR House Inc. – Common Stock, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Constellation Brands	0	10	10	0	2.50
LQR House Inc. – Common Stock	0	0	0	0	0.00

Constellation Brands presently has a consensus price target of $224.42, indicating a potential upside of 20.74%. Given Constellation Brands’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Constellation Brands is more favorable than LQR House Inc. – Common Stock.

Risk & Volatility

Constellation Brands has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LQR House Inc. – Common Stock has a beta of 4.88, suggesting that its share price is 388% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Constellation Brands and LQR House Inc. – Common Stock’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Constellation Brands	6.27%	26.55%	10.03%
LQR House Inc. – Common Stock	-630.38%	-119.93%	-114.73%

Summary

Constellation Brands beats LQR House Inc. – Common Stock on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Constellation Brands

Constellation Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces, imports, markets, and sells beer, wine, and spirits in the United States, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, and Italy. The company provides beer primarily under the Corona Extra, Corona Familiar, Corona Hard Seltzer, Corona Light, Corona Non-Alcoholic, Corona Premier, Corona Refresca, Modelo Especial, Modelo Chelada, Modelo Negra, Modelo Oro, Victoria, Vicky Chamoy, and Pacifico brands. It also offers wine under the Cook’s California Champagne, Kim Crawford, Meiomi, Mount Veeder, Ruffino, SIMI, My Favorite Neighbor, Robert Mondavi Winery, Schrader, and The Prisoner Wine Company brands; and spirits under the Casa Noble, Copper & Kings, High West, Mi CAMPO, Nelson’s Green Brier, and SVEDKA brands. The company provides its products to wholesale distributors, retailers, on-premise locations, and state alcohol beverage control agencies. Constellation Brands, Inc. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Victor, New York.

About LQR House Inc. – Common Stock

LQR House, Inc. provides digital marketing and brand development for alcoholic beverage space. It intends to integrate the supply, sales, and marketing facets of the alcoholic beverage space into one easy to use platform and become the one-stop-shop for everything related to alcohol. The company was founded on January 11, 2021 and is headquartered in Miami Beach, FL.