CEA Industries (CEAD) versus The Competition Head-To-Head Analysis

Volatility & Risk

CEA Industries has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CEA Industries’ competitors have a beta of 2.62, indicating that their average stock price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares CEA Industries and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CEA Industries	-118.08%	-27.79%	-24.75%
CEA Industries Competitors	-379.73%	-25.69%	-7.38%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

21.6% of CEA Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of CEA Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares CEA Industries and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CEA Industries	$3.28 million	-$2.91 million	-0.59
CEA Industries Competitors	$6.56 billion	$1.05 billion	14.02

CEA Industries’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than CEA Industries. CEA Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

CEA Industries competitors beat CEA Industries on 8 of the 9 factors compared.

About CEA Industries

CEA Industries Inc. provides environmental control, and other technologies and services to the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry worldwide. It offers floor plans and architectural design for cultivation facilities; licensed mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering services for commercial scale environmental control systems that are specific to cultivation facilities; and process cooling systems and other climate control systems. The company also provides air handling equipment and systems; LED lighting; benching and racking solutions for indoor cultivation; automation and control devices, systems, and technologies for environmental, lighting, and climate control applications; and preventive maintenance services for CEA facilities. It serves commercial, as well as state- and provincial-regulated CEA growers. The company was formerly known as Surna Inc. and changed its name to CEA Industries Inc. in November 2021. CEA Industries Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Louisville, Colorado.