Head to Head Contrast: Grove Collaborative (NYSE:GROV) and RDE (NASDAQ:GIFT)

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

Risk & Volatility

Grove Collaborative has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RDE has a beta of -0.72, suggesting that its share price is 172% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Grove Collaborative and RDE”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grove Collaborative	$259.28 million	0.25	-$43.23 million	($0.69)	-2.40
RDE	$97.01 million	0.37	N/A	N/A	N/A

RDE has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Grove Collaborative.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

91.6% of Grove Collaborative shares are held by institutional investors. 13.1% of Grove Collaborative shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of RDE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grove Collaborative	-11.35%	-417.96%	-14.19%
RDE	N/A	-62.87%	-38.24%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Grove Collaborative and RDE, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grove Collaborative	0	0	1	0	3.00
RDE	0	0	1	0	3.00

Grove Collaborative currently has a consensus target price of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.85%. RDE has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 189.86%. Given RDE’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RDE is more favorable than Grove Collaborative.

Summary

RDE beats Grove Collaborative on 5 of the 9 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 RDE

RDE, Inc. owns and operates a restaurant deal space in the United States. The company operates Restaurant.com that connects digital consumers, businesses, and communities with dining and merchant deal options at approximately 182,500 restaurants and retailers to approximately 7.8 million customers. It sells discount certificates for restaurants, as well as complementary entertainment and travel offerings, and consumer products on behalf of third-party merchants. The company is based in Schaumburg, Illinois.