Better Choice (BTTR) Competitors

Eastside Distilling (NASDAQ:BLNE) and Better Choice (NASDAQ:BTTR) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BLNE or BTTR?

Better Choice received 5 more outperform votes than Eastside Distilling when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eastside Distilling	N/A	N/A
Better Choice	Outperform Votes 5 38.46%	Underperform Votes 8 61.54%

Which has more risk and volatility, BLNE or BTTR?

Eastside Distilling has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Better Choice has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BLNE or BTTR more profitable?

Better Choice has a net margin of -39.83% compared to Eastside Distilling's net margin of -74.63%. Better Choice's return on equity of -206.10% beat Eastside Distilling's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eastside Distilling	-74.63%	-2,066.36%	-31.99%
Better Choice	-39.83%	-206.10%	-60.54%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BLNE or BTTR?

0.6% of Eastside Distilling shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.6% of Better Choice shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.4% of Eastside Distilling shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.7% of Better Choice shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend BLNE or BTTR?

Better Choice has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 422.19%. Given Better Choice's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Better Choice is more favorable than Eastside Distilling.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eastside Distilling	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Better Choice	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer BLNE or BTTR?

In the previous week, Eastside Distilling had 9 more articles in the media than Better Choice. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Eastside Distilling and 3 mentions for Better Choice. Better Choice's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Eastside Distilling's score of -0.01 indicating that Better Choice is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Eastside Distilling	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Better Choice	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BLNE or BTTR?

Eastside Distilling has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Better Choice. Better Choice is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eastside Distilling, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eastside Distilling	$9.54M	1.07	-$7.53M	-$37.00	-0.04
Better Choice	$34.98M	0.10	-$22.77M	-$0.39	-4.91

Summary

Better Choice beats Eastside Distilling on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.