GrowGeneration (GRWG) and The Competition Head to Head Analysis

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

Volatility & Risk

GrowGeneration has a beta of 2.56, indicating that its stock price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GrowGeneration’s competitors have a beta of 1.77, indicating that their average stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

36.0% of GrowGeneration shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of GrowGeneration shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GrowGeneration	$161.74 million	-$24.05 million	-6.09
GrowGeneration Competitors	$7.03 billion	$390.97 million	16.54

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

Profitability

This table compares GrowGeneration and its competitors’ 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	-3.38%	-30.09%	3.22%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for GrowGeneration and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GrowGeneration	1	1	1	0	2.00
GrowGeneration Competitors	3557	15325	21305	552	2.46

GrowGeneration currently has a consensus target price of $2.50, indicating a potential upside of 51.98%. As a group, “Specialty Retail” companies have a potential upside of 10.92%. Given GrowGeneration’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe GrowGeneration is more favorable than its competitors.

Summary

GrowGeneration competitors 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.