Analyzing Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) & Heritage Distilling (NASDAQ:CASK)

Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) and Heritage Distilling (NASDAQ:CASK) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

70.3% of Coca-Cola shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Coca-Cola 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Coca-Cola and Heritage Distilling, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coca-Cola	0	1	16	1	3.00
Heritage Distilling	0	0	0	0	0.00

Coca-Cola presently has a consensus target price of $72.19, suggesting a potential upside of 13.07%. Given Coca-Cola’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Coca-Cola is more favorable than Heritage Distilling.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Coca-Cola and Heritage Distilling”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coca-Cola	$45.75 billion	6.01	$10.71 billion	$2.42	26.38
Heritage Distilling	$7.76 million	0.86	N/A	N/A	N/A

Coca-Cola has higher revenue and earnings than Heritage Distilling.

Profitability

This table compares Coca-Cola and Heritage Distilling’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coca-Cola	22.45%	44.01%	12.07%
Heritage Distilling	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Coca-Cola beats Heritage Distilling on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Coca-Cola

The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures, markets, and sells various nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company provides sparkling soft drinks, sparkling flavors; water, sports, coffee, and tea; juice, value-added dairy, and plant-based beverages; and other beverages. It also offers beverage concentrates and syrups, as well as fountain syrups to fountain retailers, such as restaurants and convenience stores. The company sells its products under the Coca-Cola, Diet Coke/Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, caffeine free Diet Coke, Cherry Coke, Fanta Orange, Fanta Zero Orange, Fanta Zero Sugar, Fanta Apple, Sprite, Sprite Zero Sugar, Simply Orange, Simply Apple, Simply Grapefruit, Fresca, Schweppes, Thums Up, Aquarius, Ayataka, BODYARMOR, Ciel, Costa, Dasani, dogadan, FUZE TEA, Georgia, glacéau smartwater, glacéau vitaminwater, Gold Peak, Ice Dew, I LOHAS, Powerade, Topo Chico, AdeS, Del Valle, fairlife, innocent, Minute Maid, and Minute Maid Pulpy brands. It operates through a network of independent bottling partners, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, as well as through bottling and distribution operators. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

About Heritage Distilling

Heritage Distilling Holding Company Inc. is a craft distiller of premium brands, including whiskeys, vodkas, gins, rums and ready-to-drink canned cocktails. Heritage Distilling Holding Company Inc. is based in GIG HARBOR, Wash.