Grove Collaborative (GROV) Competitors

Grove Collaborative (NYSE:GROV) and Lavoro (NASDAQ:LVRO) 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 valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has better earnings and valuation, GROV or LVRO?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grove Collaborative	$203.43M	0.28	-$27.42M	-$0.76	-1.86
Lavoro	$1.89B	0.13	-$152.49M	-$1.63	-1.31

Which has more volatility & risk, GROV or LVRO?

Grove Collaborative has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lavoro has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GROV or LVRO more profitable?

Lavoro has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Grove Collaborative's net margin of -11.41%. Lavoro's return on equity of 0.00% beat Grove Collaborative's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grove Collaborative	-11.41%	-6,372.67%	-21.21%
Lavoro	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate GROV or LVRO?

Grove Collaborative currently has a consensus target price of $1.35, suggesting a potential downside of 4.46%. Lavoro has a consensus target price of $3.44, suggesting a potential upside of 61.38%. Given Lavoro's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lavoro is more favorable than Grove Collaborative.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grove Collaborative	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Lavoro	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33

Does the media prefer GROV or LVRO?

In the previous week, Grove Collaborative had 6 more articles in the media than Lavoro. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Grove Collaborative and 0 mentions for Lavoro. Lavoro's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Grove Collaborative's score of -0.68 indicating that Lavoro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Grove Collaborative	Negative
Lavoro	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GROV or LVRO?

91.6% of Grove Collaborative shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.5% of Lavoro shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.4% of Grove Collaborative shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Grove Collaborative beats Lavoro on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.