Westrock Coffee (WEST) Competitors

Duckhorn Portfolio (NYSE:NAPA) and Westrock Coffee (NASDAQ:WEST) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NAPA or WEST?

45.1% of Westrock Coffee shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Duckhorn Portfolio shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.1% of Westrock Coffee shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NAPA or WEST?

Duckhorn Portfolio received 35 more outperform votes than Westrock Coffee when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Westrock Coffee an outperform vote while only 48.42% of users gave Duckhorn Portfolio an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Duckhorn Portfolio	Outperform Votes 46 48.42%	Underperform Votes 49 51.58%
Westrock Coffee	Outperform Votes 11 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NAPA or WEST?

Duckhorn Portfolio has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Westrock Coffee. Westrock Coffee is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duckhorn Portfolio, 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
Duckhorn Portfolio	$405.48M	4.00	$56.01M	$0.47	23.45
Westrock Coffee	$864.71M	0.68	-$34.58M	-$0.86	-7.74

Is NAPA or WEST more profitable?

Duckhorn Portfolio has a net margin of 13.81% compared to Westrock Coffee's net margin of -9.05%. Duckhorn Portfolio's return on equity of 6.24% beat Westrock Coffee's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Duckhorn Portfolio	13.81%	6.24%	4.29%
Westrock Coffee	-9.05%	-20.72%	-2.01%

Does the media favor NAPA or WEST?

In the previous week, Westrock Coffee had 10 more articles in the media than Duckhorn Portfolio. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Westrock Coffee and 1 mentions for Duckhorn Portfolio. Westrock Coffee's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Duckhorn Portfolio's score of -0.40 indicating that Westrock Coffee is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Duckhorn Portfolio	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Westrock Coffee	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend NAPA or WEST?

Duckhorn Portfolio currently has a consensus target price of $9.85, indicating a potential downside of 10.62%. Westrock Coffee has a consensus target price of $11.40, indicating a potential upside of 71.17%. Given Westrock Coffee's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Westrock Coffee is more favorable than Duckhorn Portfolio.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Duckhorn Portfolio	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Westrock Coffee	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, NAPA or WEST?

Duckhorn Portfolio has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westrock Coffee has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Westrock Coffee beats Duckhorn Portfolio on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.