Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. (GROV) vs United-Guardian, Inc. (UG)

Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. and United-Guardian, Inc. are both Household & Personal Products companies. Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $42.5M against $31.5M — 1.4× the size. Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; United-Guardian, Inc. trades at 12.7×. United-Guardian, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.23% against −14.3%. United-Guardian, Inc. has the higher net margin (22.0% vs −5.02%) and the higher return on invested capital (71.6% vs 0.00%). Across the 18 metrics below, United-Guardian, Inc. leads on 11 and Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric GROV UG Household & Personal Products median
P/E n/m 12.67 23.53
P/S 0.25 2.80 1.58
P/B n/m 2.70 3.36
Price to free cash flow n/m 9.22 19.95
EV/EBITDA n/m 8.91 13.02
EV/Sales 0.24 1.95 1.42
Earnings yield (19.39%) 7.89% 0.25%
Free cash flow yield (2.79%) 10.84% 3.66%

Profitability

Metric GROV UG Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 53.64% 46.90% 47.14%
Operating margin (3.78%) 20.82% 1.31%
Net margin (5.02%) 22.00% 0.61%
Free cash flow margin (0.70%) 30.41% 2.89%
Return on equity 50.55% 21.35% 2.12%
Return on assets (14.68%) 18.27% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 71.59% 0.24%

Growth

Metric GROV UG Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (14.25%) 3.23% 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 55.26% (35.21%) (12.73%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (13.77%) (0.82%) 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (8.62%) 0.00%

Health

Metric GROV UG Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity (0.43) 0.00 0.46
Current ratio 1.26 7.32 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA 0.34 (3.65) 1.37

Dividend

Metric GROV UG Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield — 8.04% 2.79%
Payout ratio — 1.02 0.87

Size

Metric GROV UG Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 42.54m 31.47m 620.01m

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