Analyzing Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) and Grove Collaborative (NYSE:GROV)

Grove Collaborative (NYSE:GROV) and Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Grove Collaborative and Maplebear”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grove Collaborative	$173.72 million	0.24	-$11.72 million	($0.19)	-5.21
Maplebear	$3.74 billion	3.09	$447.00 million	$1.83	27.27

Maplebear has higher revenue and earnings than Grove Collaborative. Grove Collaborative is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maplebear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

Grove Collaborative has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maplebear has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Grove Collaborative and Maplebear’s 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%
Maplebear	11.97%	20.19%	14.13%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

91.6% of Grove Collaborative shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Maplebear shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.3% of Grove Collaborative shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Maplebear shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Grove Collaborative and Maplebear, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grove Collaborative	1	1	1	0	2.00
Maplebear	0	6	14	0	2.70

Grove Collaborative presently has a consensus price target of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 102.02%. Maplebear has a consensus price target of $58.24, suggesting a potential upside of 16.68%. Given Grove Collaborative’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Grove Collaborative is more favorable than Maplebear.

Summary

Maplebear beats Grove Collaborative on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Maplebear

Maplebear Inc., doing business as Instacart, engages in the provision of online grocery shopping services to households in North America. It sells and delivers grocery products, as well as pickup services through a mobile application and website. It also operates virtual convenience stores; and provides software-as-a-service solutions to retailers. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.