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 $44.8M against $33.3M — 1.3× the size. Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; United-Guardian, Inc. trades at 13.1×. 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 13.11 22.55
P/S 0.27 2.90 1.13
P/B n/m 2.80 3.02
Price to free cash flow n/m 9.55 17.73
EV/EBITDA n/m 9.36 12.27
EV/Sales 0.26 2.05 1.26
Earnings yield (17.92%) 7.63% 0.27%
Free cash flow yield (2.58%) 10.48% 4.03%

Profitability

Metric GROV UG Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 53.64% 46.90% 46.28%
Operating margin (3.78%) 20.82% 0.79%
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% 0.00%

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%) —
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 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 0.34 (3.65) 1.37

Dividend

Metric GROV UG Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield — 1.12% 1.96%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.65 0.49

Size

Metric GROV UG Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 44.84m 33.31m 625.04m

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