Westrock Coffee (WEST) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, COCO or WEST?

Vita Coco has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westrock Coffee has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in COCO or WEST?

88.5% of Vita Coco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.1% of Westrock Coffee shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.2% of Vita Coco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 42.1% of Westrock Coffee shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in COCO or WEST?

Vita Coco received 19 more outperform votes than Westrock Coffee when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Westrock Coffee an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Vita Coco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vita Coco	Outperform Votes 35 62.50%	Underperform Votes 21 37.50%
Westrock Coffee	Outperform Votes 16 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do analysts prefer COCO or WEST?

Vita Coco presently has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.55%. Westrock Coffee has a consensus target price of $10.40, suggesting a potential upside of 74.79%. Given Westrock Coffee's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Westrock Coffee	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	3.73	$46.63M	$0.94	35.96
Westrock Coffee	$850.73M	0.66	-$34.58M	-$0.89	-6.69

Does the media refer more to COCO or WEST?

In the previous week, Vita Coco had 21 more articles in the media than Westrock Coffee. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Vita Coco and 5 mentions for Westrock Coffee. Vita Coco's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Westrock Coffee's score of 0.38 indicating that Vita Coco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vita Coco	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Westrock Coffee	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Vita Coco beats Westrock Coffee on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.