Critical Contrast: Synergy CHC (SNYR) versus Its Peers

Synergy CHC (NASDAQ:SNYR) is one of 49 publicly-traded companies in the “CONS PD – MISC STPL” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Synergy CHC to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Synergy CHC and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Synergy CHC	0	0	1	1	3.50
Synergy CHC Competitors	666	2919	3017	92	2.38

Synergy CHC presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 249.65%. As a group, “CONS PD – MISC STPL” companies have a potential upside of 14.45%. Given Synergy CHC’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Synergy CHC is more favorable than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

64.9% of shares of all “CONS PD – MISC STPL” companies are held by institutional investors. 56.6% of Synergy CHC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of shares of all “CONS PD – MISC STPL” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Synergy CHC and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Synergy CHC	10.02%	-18.56%	20.28%
Synergy CHC Competitors	-6.14%	-213.46%	-2.86%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Synergy CHC and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Synergy CHC	$34.83 million	$2.12 million	7.53
Synergy CHC Competitors	$13.77 billion	$1.23 billion	9.15

Synergy CHC’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Synergy CHC. Synergy CHC 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.

Summary

Synergy CHC beats its competitors on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

Synergy CHC Company Profile

Synergy CHC Corp. engages in the marketing and distribution of branded health and wellness products. The company was founded on December 29, 2010 and is headquartered in Westbrook, ME.