Grove Collaborative (GROV) versus Its Peers Head to Head Contrast

Grove Collaborative (NYSE:GROV – Get Rating) is one of 53 public 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 valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.

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	-15.28%	-58.16%	-11.86%

Insider and Institutional 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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Grove Collaborative has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grove Collaborative’s rivals have a beta of 0.92, indicating that their average share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Grove Collaborative and its rivals, as provided 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	1178	3508	50	2.69

Grove Collaborative presently has a consensus target price of $2.50, indicating a potential upside of 362.96%. As a group, “Catalog & mail – order houses” companies have a potential upside of 28.85%. Given Grove Collaborative’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Grove Collaborative is more favorable than its rivals.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Grove Collaborative and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grove Collaborative	$321.53 million	-$87.71 million	-0.46
Grove Collaborative Competitors	$15.93 billion	-$178.02 million	17.14

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.

Summary

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

About Grove Collaborative

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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.