Head-To-Head Survey: Grove Collaborative (GROV) & Its Competitors

Grove Collaborative (NYSE:GROV – Get Rating) is one of 53 publicly-traded companies in the “Catalog & mail – order houses” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Grove Collaborative to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

46.5% of Grove Collaborative shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of shares of all “Catalog & mail – order houses” companies are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Grove Collaborative shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.4% of shares of all “Catalog & mail – order houses” companies are owned by 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Grove Collaborative and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grove Collaborative	0	0	3	0	3.00
Grove Collaborative Competitors	192	1175	3507	49	2.69

Grove Collaborative currently has a consensus price target of $2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 454.20%. As a group, “Catalog & mail – order houses” companies have a potential upside of 27.36%. Given Grove Collaborative’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Grove Collaborative is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grove Collaborative	-17.65%	-423.09%	-38.75%
Grove Collaborative Competitors	-15.78%	-58.34%	-12.04%

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grove Collaborative	$321.53 million	-$87.71 million	-0.39
Grove Collaborative Competitors	$22.75 billion	-$177.94 million	17.80

Grove Collaborative’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Grove Collaborative. Grove Collaborative 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.

Volatility and Risk

Grove Collaborative has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grove Collaborative’s rivals have a beta of 0.93, indicating that their average stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

Grove Collaborative Company Profile

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Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. operates as a plastic neutral consumer products retailer in the United States. It provides cleaning essentials, such as kitchen and bathroom cleaning products, household cleaners, hand and dish soaps, paper products, and laundry care products; home and pantry products, including home fragrances, bedding and bath products, cookware and dinnerware, and pest control products, as well as trash, recycling, and compost bags; and clean beauty, haircare, skincare, oral care, period care, and kids and personal care products. The company offers health and wellness products, such as air purifiers, condoms, sun care and tanning products, vitamins and supplements, and treatments and preventions products; pet care products; indoor gardening products, garden tools and accessories, grow kits, plant seeds, gardening soils, fertilizers and lawn care products, and insecticides. It offers its products through retail channels, third parties, and direct-to-consumer platform, and mobile applications. The company is based in San Francisco, California.