WEST vs. COCO, BRCC, WVVI, BLNE, CASK, IBG, EAST, YHC, VWE, 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), LQR House (YHC), Vintage Wine Estates (VWE), 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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
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.
In the previous week, Vita Coco had 8 more articles in the media than Westrock Coffee. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Vita Coco and 1 mentions for Westrock Coffee. Westrock Coffee's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Vita Coco's score of 0.79 indicating that Westrock Coffee is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vita Coco has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Westrock Coffee presently has a consensus price target of $10.40, indicating a potential upside of 65.61%. Vita Coco has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.16%. Given Westrock Coffee's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Westrock Coffee is more favorable than Vita Coco.
45.1% of Westrock Coffee shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Vita Coco shares are held by institutional investors. 42.1% of Westrock Coffee shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of Vita Coco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Vita Coco beats Westrock Coffee on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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.
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This page (NASDAQ:WEST) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
