Eastside Distilling (EAST) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, LQR or EAST?

LQR House has a beta of 5.06, indicating that its stock price is 406% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastside Distilling has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor LQR or EAST?

In the previous week, Eastside Distilling had 1 more articles in the media than LQR House. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Eastside Distilling and 1 mentions for LQR House. LQR House's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Eastside Distilling's score of 0.22 indicating that LQR House is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
LQR House	Neutral
Eastside Distilling	Neutral

Do analysts rate LQR or EAST?

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 clearly believe Eastside Distilling is more favorable than LQR House.

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LQR or EAST?

0.6% of Eastside Distilling shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of LQR House shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Eastside Distilling shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LQR or EAST?

Eastside Distilling received 260 more outperform votes than LQR House when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave LQR House an outperform vote while only 70.54% of users gave Eastside Distilling an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LQR House	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Eastside Distilling	Outperform Votes 261 70.54%	Underperform Votes 109 29.46%

Is LQR or EAST more profitable?

Eastside Distilling has a net margin of -74.63% compared to LQR House's net margin of -630.38%. LQR House's return on equity of -119.93% beat Eastside Distilling's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LQR House	-630.38%	-119.93%	-114.73%
Eastside Distilling	-74.63%	-2,066.36%	-31.99%

Which has better valuation & earnings, LQR or EAST?

Eastside Distilling has higher revenue and earnings than LQR House. LQR House 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
LQR House	$2.27M	3.84	-$15.75M	-$1.40	-0.89
Eastside Distilling	$10.80M	0.00	-$7.53M	-$3.70	N/A

Summary

Eastside Distilling beats LQR House on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.