GrowGeneration (GRWG) and Its Rivals Critical Survey

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares GrowGeneration and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GrowGeneration	$161.74 million	-$24.05 million	-6.06
GrowGeneration Competitors	$7.24 billion	$390.97 million	15.34

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

Profitability

This table compares GrowGeneration and its peers’ 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%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

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

Volatility & Risk

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for GrowGeneration and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GrowGeneration	1	1	1	0	2.00
GrowGeneration Competitors	3559	15334	21312	555	2.46

GrowGeneration presently has a consensus target price of $2.50, indicating a potential upside of 52.91%. As a group, “Specialty Retail” companies have a potential upside of 13.82%. Given GrowGeneration’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe GrowGeneration is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

GrowGeneration peers beat GrowGeneration on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

GrowGeneration Company Profile

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.