Comparing Grove Collaborative (NYSE:GROV) & Synergy CHC (NASDAQ:SNYR)

Grove Collaborative (NYSE:GROV) and Synergy CHC (NASDAQ:SNYR) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

91.6% of Grove Collaborative shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.4% of Grove Collaborative shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 56.6% of Synergy CHC shares are owned 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Grove Collaborative and Synergy CHC, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grove Collaborative	0	1	1	0	2.50
Synergy CHC	0	0	1	1	3.50

Grove Collaborative currently has a consensus target price of $1.35, suggesting a potential downside of 12.28%. Synergy CHC has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 334.78%. Given Synergy CHC’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Synergy CHC is more favorable than Grove Collaborative.

Profitability

This table compares Grove Collaborative and Synergy CHC’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grove Collaborative	-11.41%	-6,372.67%	-21.21%
Synergy CHC	10.02%	-18.56%	20.28%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Grove Collaborative and Synergy CHC”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grove Collaborative	$203.43 million	0.31	-$27.42 million	($0.58)	-2.65
Synergy CHC	$34.83 million	0.62	$2.12 million	$0.38	6.05

Synergy CHC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Grove Collaborative. Grove Collaborative is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synergy CHC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Synergy CHC beats Grove Collaborative on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Synergy CHC

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.