IPW vs. GRWG, SHW, FAST, TSCO, ZKH, JDZG, VTRU, MYPS, WEYS, and NRDY
Should you be buying iPower stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iPower include GrowGeneration (GRWG), Sherwin-Williams (SHW), Fastenal (FAST), Tractor Supply (TSCO), ZKH Group (ZKH), JIADE (JDZG), Vitru (VTRU), PLAYSTUDIOS (MYPS), Weyco Group (WEYS), and Nerdy (NRDY).
GrowGeneration (NASDAQ:GRWG) and iPower (NYSE:IPW) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and community ranking.
GrowGeneration received 52 more outperform votes than iPower when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.63% of users gave GrowGeneration an outperform vote while only 2.08% of users gave iPower an outperform vote.
In the previous week, iPower had 1 more articles in the media than GrowGeneration. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for iPower and 1 mentions for GrowGeneration. iPower's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat GrowGeneration's score of 0.32 indicating that GrowGeneration is being referred to more favorably in the media.
iPower has a net margin of -5.74% compared to iPower's net margin of -22.68%. iPower's return on equity of -18.00% beat GrowGeneration's return on equity.
36.0% of GrowGeneration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.7% of iPower shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of GrowGeneration shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.6% of iPower shares are held by 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.
iPower has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GrowGeneration. iPower is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GrowGeneration, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GrowGeneration has a beta of 3.09, suggesting that its stock price is 209% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iPower has a beta of 4.08, suggesting that its stock price is 308% more volatile than the S&P 500.
GrowGeneration currently has a consensus price target of $3.88, suggesting a potential upside of 51.96%. iPower has a consensus price target of $1.25, suggesting a potential downside of 53.01%. Given iPower's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe GrowGeneration is more favorable than iPower.
Summary
iPower beats GrowGeneration on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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