GrowGeneration (GRWG) and Its Peers Head to Head Survey

GrowGeneration (NASDAQ:GRWG) is one of 285 publicly-traded companies in the “Specialty Retail” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare GrowGeneration to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for GrowGeneration and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GrowGeneration	1	1	1	0	2.00
GrowGeneration Competitors	3545	15304	21283	552	2.46

GrowGeneration presently has a consensus target price of $2.50, indicating a potential upside of 51.06%. As a group, “Specialty Retail” companies have a potential upside of 12.40%. Given GrowGeneration’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe GrowGeneration is more favorable than its rivals.

Volatility & Risk

GrowGeneration has a beta of 2.51, meaning that its share price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GrowGeneration’s rivals have a beta of 1.76, meaning that their average share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares GrowGeneration and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GrowGeneration	-10.07%	-17.44%	-11.52%
GrowGeneration Competitors	-3.48%	-30.19%	3.19%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

36.0% of GrowGeneration shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.0% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of GrowGeneration shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.0% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares GrowGeneration and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GrowGeneration	$166.68 million	-$24.05 million	-6.13
GrowGeneration Competitors	$7.06 billion	$390.09 million	17.07

GrowGeneration’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than GrowGeneration. GrowGeneration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

GrowGeneration rivals beat GrowGeneration on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

About GrowGeneration

GrowGeneration Corp., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates retail hydroponic and organic gardening stores in the United States. The company engages in the marketing and distribution of nutrients, additives, growing media, lighting, and environmental control systems, as well as other indoor and outdoor growing products. It operates a chain of stores in California, Colorado, Michigan, Maine, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington, Montana, New York, Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri, Arizona, Rhode Island, Florida, Massachusetts, Virginia, New Jersey, and New Mexico, as well as growgeneration.com, an online superstore for cultivators, a wholesale business for resellers, HRG Distribution, and benching, racking, and storage solutions and MMI. The company was formerly known as Easylife Corp. GrowGeneration Corp. was founded in 2008 and is based in Greenwood Village, Colorado.