Analyzing Grieg Seafood ASA (GRGSF) & Its Peers

Grieg Seafood ASA (OTCMKTS:GRGSF) is one of 329 public companies in the “Food Products” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Grieg Seafood ASA to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Grieg Seafood ASA and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grieg Seafood ASA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Grieg Seafood ASA Competitors	-16.28%	-138.49%	-4.12%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

39.0% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 18.1% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Grieg Seafood ASA and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grieg Seafood ASA	N/A	N/A	2.25
Grieg Seafood ASA Competitors	$13.84 billion	$711.36 million	-326.52

Grieg Seafood ASA’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Grieg Seafood ASA. Grieg Seafood ASA is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Grieg Seafood ASA and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grieg Seafood ASA	0	0	1	0	3.00
Grieg Seafood ASA Competitors	2327	8167	8243	393	2.35

As a group, “Food Products” companies have a potential upside of 12.67%. Given Grieg Seafood ASA’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Grieg Seafood ASA has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Grieg Seafood ASA beats its peers on 6 of the 11 factors compared.

Grieg Seafood ASA Company Profile

Grieg Seafood ASA, through its subsidiaries, operates as a fish farming company in Norway, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the United States, Canada, Asia, and internationally. It engages in the farming, production, and sale of Atlantic salmon. The company was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Bergen, Norway. Grieg Seafood ASA is a subsidiary of Grieg Aqua AS.