Head-To-Head Review: Growlife (OTCMKTS:PHOT) & Reynolds Consumer Products (NASDAQ:REYN)

Growlife (OTCMKTS:PHOT) and Reynolds Consumer Products (NASDAQ:REYN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Growlife and Reynolds Consumer Products, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Growlife	0	0	0	0	0.00
Reynolds Consumer Products	0	6	2	0	2.25

Reynolds Consumer Products has a consensus price target of $26.75, suggesting a potential upside of 16.15%. Given Reynolds Consumer Products’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Reynolds Consumer Products is more favorable than Growlife.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

26.8% of Reynolds Consumer Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Growlife shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Reynolds Consumer Products shares are owned by company 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.

Profitability

This table compares Growlife and Reynolds Consumer Products’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Growlife	N/A	N/A	N/A
Reynolds Consumer Products	8.44%	16.00%	6.98%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Growlife and Reynolds Consumer Products”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Growlife	N/A	N/A	-$4.48 million	N/A	N/A
Reynolds Consumer Products	$3.69 billion	1.31	$352.00 million	$1.49	15.46

Reynolds Consumer Products has higher revenue and earnings than Growlife.

Volatility and Risk

Growlife has a beta of 2.46, suggesting that its share price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reynolds Consumer Products has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Reynolds Consumer Products beats Growlife on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Growlife

GrowLife, Inc. focuses on the functional mushroom business. It processes, stores, markets, distributes, and sells fresh and dried mushroom products. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington.

About Reynolds Consumer Products

Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. produces and sells products in cooking, waste and storage, and tableware product categories in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: Reynolds Cooking & Baking, Hefty Waste & Storage, Hefty Tableware, and Presto Products. The Reynolds Cooking & Baking segment produces aluminum foil, disposable aluminum pans, parchment paper, freezer paper, wax paper, butcher paper, plastic wrap, baking cups, oven bags, and slow cooker liners under the Reynolds Wrap, Reynolds KITCHENS, and EZ Foil brands in the United States, as well as under the ALCAN brand in Canada and under the Diamond brand internationally. The Hefty Waste & Storage segment offers trash bags under the Hefty Ultra Strong and Hefty Strong brands; and food storage bags under the Hefty and Baggies brands. This segment also provides a suite of products, including compostable bags, bags made from recycled materials, and the orange bags. The Hefty Tableware segment offers disposable and compostable plates, bowls, platters, cups, and cutlery under the Hefty brand. The Presto Products segment primarily sells store brand products in food storage bags, trash bags, reusable storage containers, and plastic wrap categories. It offers both branded and store brand products to grocery stores, mass merchants, warehouse clubs, discount chains, dollar stores, drug stores, home improvement stores, military outlets, and eCommerce retailers. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois. Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. is a subsidiary of Packaging Finance Limited.