Head to Head Review: Grove Collaborative (GROV) vs. Its Rivals

Grove Collaborative (NYSE:GROV) is one of 149 public companies in the “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Grove Collaborative to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Grove Collaborative and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grove Collaborative	$158.94 million	-$11.72 million	-5.66
Grove Collaborative Competitors	$36.51 billion	$846.26 million	17.22

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Grove Collaborative and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grove Collaborative	1	1	1	0	2.00
Grove Collaborative Competitors	2243	8275	10065	459	2.42

Grove Collaborative presently has a consensus target price of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 86.05%. As a group, “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies have a potential upside of 58.06%. Given Grove Collaborative’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Grove Collaborative is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Grove Collaborative and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grove Collaborative	-4.07%	N/A	-12.35%
Grove Collaborative Competitors	-25.86%	3.88%	2.96%

Volatility & Risk

Grove Collaborative has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grove Collaborative’s peers have a beta of 0.44, meaning that their average stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

91.6% of Grove Collaborative shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.0% of shares of all “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies are held by institutional investors. 30.3% of Grove Collaborative shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of shares of all “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Grove Collaborative peers beat Grove Collaborative on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Grove Collaborative

Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. operates as a plastic neutral consumer products retailer in the United States. It offers household, personal care, beauty, and other consumer products through retail channels, third parties, direct-to-consumer platform, and mobile applications, as well as online store. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.