WEST vs. COCO, BRCC, WVVI, BLNE, CASK, IBG, EAST, VWE, YHC, and BTTR
Should you be buying Westrock Coffee stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westrock Coffee include Vita Coco (COCO), BRC (BRCC), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Beeline (BLNE), Heritage Distilling (CASK), Innovation Beverage Group (IBG), Eastside Distilling (EAST), Vintage Wine Estates (VWE), LQR House (YHC), and Better Choice (BTTR). These companies are all part of the "beer & liquor" industry.
Westrock Coffee vs. Its Competitors
Westrock Coffee (NASDAQ:WEST) and Vita Coco (NASDAQ:COCO) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Vita Coco has a net margin of 11.32% compared to Westrock Coffee's net margin of -9.61%. Vita Coco's return on equity of 25.08% beat Westrock Coffee's return on equity.
Westrock Coffee currently has a consensus price target of $10.40, indicating a potential upside of 77.78%. Vita Coco has a consensus price target of $35.88, indicating a potential downside of 1.21%. Given Westrock Coffee's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Westrock Coffee is more favorable than Vita Coco.
45.1% of Westrock Coffee shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Vita Coco shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.1% of Westrock Coffee shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 34.2% of Vita Coco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Westrock Coffee had 1 more articles in the media than Vita Coco. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Westrock Coffee and 5 mentions for Vita Coco. Vita Coco's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Westrock Coffee's score of 0.11 indicating that Vita Coco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vita Coco has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Westrock Coffee has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vita Coco has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vita Coco beats Westrock Coffee on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Westrock Coffee News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WEST and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WEST and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Westrock Coffee Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NASDAQ:WEST) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
