Westrock Coffee (WEST) Competitors

Vita Coco (NASDAQ:COCO) and Westrock Coffee (NASDAQ:WEST) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, COCO or WEST?

Vita Coco has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westrock Coffee has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COCO or WEST?

Vita Coco received 20 more outperform votes than Westrock Coffee when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Westrock Coffee an outperform vote while only 62.96% of users gave Vita Coco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vita Coco	Outperform Votes 34 62.96%	Underperform Votes 20 37.04%
Westrock Coffee	Outperform Votes 14 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do analysts rate COCO or WEST?

Vita Coco presently has a consensus price target of $35.14, indicating a potential downside of 3.08%. Westrock Coffee has a consensus price target of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 48.73%. Given Westrock Coffee's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Westrock Coffee is more favorable than Vita Coco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vita Coco	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Westrock Coffee	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, COCO or WEST?

Vita Coco has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Westrock Coffee. Westrock Coffee is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vita Coco, 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
Vita Coco	$516.01M	4.00	$46.63M	$0.94	38.57
Westrock Coffee	$850.73M	0.78	-$34.58M	-$0.89	-7.93

Is COCO or WEST more profitable?

Vita Coco has a net margin of 11.99% compared to Westrock Coffee's net margin of -9.05%. Vita Coco's return on equity of 26.49% beat Westrock Coffee's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vita Coco	11.99%	26.49%	18.98%
Westrock Coffee	-9.05%	-20.72%	-2.01%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in COCO or WEST?

88.5% of Vita Coco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.1% of Westrock Coffee shares are held by institutional investors. 34.2% of Vita Coco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 42.1% of Westrock Coffee shares are held 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.

Does the media favor COCO or WEST?

In the previous week, Vita Coco had 4 more articles in the media than Westrock Coffee. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Vita Coco and 9 mentions for Westrock Coffee. Westrock Coffee's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Vita Coco's score of 0.77 indicating that Westrock Coffee is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vita Coco	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Westrock Coffee	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Vita Coco beats Westrock Coffee on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.