Grieg Seafood ASA (GRGSF) and Its Rivals Critical Contrast

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Grieg Seafood ASA and its competitors, as reported 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	2365	8202	8280	401	2.35

As a group, “Food Products” companies have a potential upside of 11.01%. Given Grieg Seafood ASA’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Grieg Seafood ASA has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Grieg Seafood ASA and its competitors 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	$7.25 billion	$702.22 million	-2,368.99

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

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Grieg Seafood ASA and its competitors’ 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	-13.57%	-146.31%	-4.56%

Summary

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

About Grieg Seafood ASA

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.