BRC (BRCC) Competitors

BRC (NYSE:BRCC) 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, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

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

16.3% of BRC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.1% of Westrock Coffee shares are held by institutional investors. 73.8% of BRC 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer BRCC or WEST?

In the previous week, Westrock Coffee had 1 more articles in the media than BRC. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Westrock Coffee and 0 mentions for BRC. Westrock Coffee's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat BRC's score of 0.00 indicating that Westrock Coffee is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BRC	Neutral
Westrock Coffee	Positive

Do analysts recommend BRCC or WEST?

BRC currently has a consensus price target of $2.88, suggesting a potential upside of 75.30%. Westrock Coffee has a consensus price target of $10.40, suggesting a potential upside of 65.61%. Given BRC's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BRC is more favorable than Westrock Coffee.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BRC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
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 & volatility, BRCC or WEST?

BRC has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westrock Coffee has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BRCC or WEST?

BRC has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Westrock Coffee. BRC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westrock Coffee, 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
BRC	$391.49M	0.89	-$2.95M	-$0.09	-18.22
Westrock Coffee	$872.02M	0.68	-$80.30M	-$0.91	-6.90

Is BRCC or WEST more profitable?

BRC has a net margin of -1.67% compared to Westrock Coffee's net margin of -9.61%. BRC's return on equity of -2.09% beat Westrock Coffee's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BRC	-1.67%	-2.09%	-0.46%
Westrock Coffee	-9.61%	-41.92%	-3.46%

Summary

BRC beats Westrock Coffee on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.