Head-To-Head Comparison: Grieg Seafood ASA (GRGSF) versus Its Peers

Grieg Seafood ASA (OTCMKTS:GRGSF) is one of 329 publicly-traded companies in the “Food Products” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Grieg Seafood ASA to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Grieg Seafood ASA and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grieg Seafood ASA	0	0	1	0	3.00
Grieg Seafood ASA Competitors	2320	8141	8215	392	2.35

As a group, “Food Products” companies have a potential upside of 13.02%. Given Grieg Seafood ASA’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Grieg Seafood ASA has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Grieg Seafood ASA and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grieg Seafood ASA	N/A	N/A	2.25
Grieg Seafood ASA Competitors	$13.86 billion	$716.84 million	-321.33

Grieg Seafood ASA’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Grieg Seafood ASA. Grieg Seafood ASA is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

39.7% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 19.1% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Grieg Seafood ASA and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grieg Seafood ASA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Grieg Seafood ASA Competitors	-16.22%	-137.78%	-3.97%

Summary

Grieg Seafood ASA beats its peers on 6 of the 11 factors compared.

About Grieg Seafood ASA

Grieg Seafood ASA, through its subsidiaries, operates as a fish farming company in Norway, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the United States, Canada, Asia, and internationally. It engages in the farming, production, and sale of Atlantic salmon. The company was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Bergen, Norway. Grieg Seafood ASA is a subsidiary of Grieg Aqua AS.