Analyzing Grieg Seafood ASA (GRGSF) and Its Competitors

Grieg Seafood ASA (OTCMKTS:GRGSF) is one of 330 publicly-traded companies in the “Food Products” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Grieg Seafood ASA to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

39.2% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Grieg Seafood ASA and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grieg Seafood ASA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Grieg Seafood ASA Competitors	-13.85%	-147.19%	-4.44%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Grieg Seafood ASA and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grieg Seafood ASA	0	0	1	0	3.00
Grieg Seafood ASA Competitors	2356	8191	8269	398	2.35

As a group, “Food Products” companies have a potential upside of 12.50%. Given Grieg Seafood ASA’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Grieg Seafood ASA has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Grieg Seafood ASA and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grieg Seafood ASA	N/A	N/A	2.25
Grieg Seafood ASA Competitors	$7.36 billion	$702.20 million	-324.48

Grieg Seafood ASA’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Grieg Seafood ASA. Grieg Seafood ASA is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Grieg Seafood ASA beats its rivals on 6 of the 11 factors compared.

Grieg Seafood ASA Company Profile

Grieg Seafood ASA, through its subsidiaries, operates as a fish farming company in Norway, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the United States, Canada, Asia, and internationally. It engages in the farming, production, and sale of Atlantic salmon. The company was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Bergen, Norway. Grieg Seafood ASA is a subsidiary of Grieg Aqua AS.