Westrock Coffee (WEST) Competitors

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas (NYSE:CCU) and Westrock Coffee (NASDAQ:WEST) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, CCU or WEST?

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westrock Coffee has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CCU or WEST?

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas has higher revenue and earnings than Westrock Coffee. Westrock Coffee is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Compañía Cervecerías Unidas, 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
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas	$2.98T	0.00	$126.78M	$0.94	14.03
Westrock Coffee	$872.02M	0.75	-$34.58M	-$0.91	-7.58

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CCU or WEST?

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas received 317 more outperform votes than Westrock Coffee when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 94.44% of users gave Westrock Coffee an outperform vote while only 64.23% of users gave Compañía Cervecerías Unidas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas	Outperform Votes 334 64.23%	Underperform Votes 186 35.77%
Westrock Coffee	Outperform Votes 17 94.44%	Underperform Votes 1 5.56%

Does the media refer more to CCU or WEST?

In the previous week, Compañía Cervecerías Unidas and Compañía Cervecerías Unidas both had 5 articles in the media. Compañía Cervecerías Unidas' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Westrock Coffee's score of 0.54 indicating that Compañía Cervecerías Unidas is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Westrock Coffee	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend CCU or WEST?

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas presently has a consensus price target of $9.70, suggesting a potential downside of 26.45%. Westrock Coffee has a consensus price target of $10.40, suggesting a potential upside of 50.72%. Given Westrock Coffee's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Westrock Coffee is more favorable than Compañía Cervecerías Unidas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33
Westrock Coffee	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CCU or WEST more profitable?

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas has a net margin of 5.14% compared to Westrock Coffee's net margin of -9.05%. Compañía Cervecerías Unidas' return on equity of 7.05% beat Westrock Coffee's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas	5.14%	7.05%	2.90%
Westrock Coffee	-9.05%	-20.72%	-2.01%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CCU or WEST?

24.1% of Compañía Cervecerías Unidas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.1% of Westrock Coffee shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Compañía Cervecerías Unidas 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas beats Westrock Coffee on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.