Head-To-Head Contrast: Eastside Distilling (NASDAQ:BLNE) & Real Brands (OTCMKTS:RLBD)

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.6% of Eastside Distilling shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.4% of Eastside Distilling shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.2% of Real Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Eastside Distilling and Real Brands”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eastside Distilling	$9.54 million	1.11	-$7.53 million	($37.00)	-0.04
Real Brands	$60,000.00	0.00	-$1.33 million	N/A	N/A

Real Brands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Eastside Distilling.

Profitability

This table compares Eastside Distilling and Real Brands’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eastside Distilling	-74.63%	-2,066.36%	-31.99%
Real Brands	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

Eastside Distilling has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Real Brands has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Real Brands beats Eastside Distilling on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Eastside Distilling

Eastside Distilling, Inc. manufactures, acquires, blends, bottles, imports, exports, markets, and sells various alcoholic beverages. It operates through two segments, Spirits and Craft Canning and Bottling. The company provides whiskey under the Burnside Whiskey brand; vodka under the Portland Potato Vodka brand; rum under the Hue-Hue Coffee Rum brand; and tequila under the Azuñia Tequila brand. It also offers gin and ready-to-drink products; and canning and bottling services to the craft beer and cider industries. The company sells its products on a wholesale basis to distributors in the United States. Eastside Distilling, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

About Real Brands

Real Brands, Inc. operates in the hemp-derived cannabinol (CBD) market. It engages in the extraction of CBD oil/isolate; wholesale of CBD oils and isolate; and production and sale of hemp-derived CBD products, celebrity brands, and white label products. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in North Providence, Rhode Island.