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

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Grove Collaborative and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grove Collaborative	$173.72 million	-$11.72 million	-5.81
Grove Collaborative Competitors	$34.71 billion	$846.26 million	16.14

Grove Collaborative’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Grove Collaborative. Grove Collaborative 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 Grove Collaborative and its competitors’ 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	-25.88%	3.91%	2.94%

Risk and Volatility

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Grove Collaborative and its competitors, 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	2242	8268	10039	459	2.41

Grove Collaborative currently has a consensus target price of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 81.16%. As a group, “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies have a potential upside of 56.65%. Given Grove Collaborative’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Grove Collaborative is more favorable than its competitors.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Summary

Grove Collaborative competitors 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.