Critical Survey: Growlife (PHOT) vs. Its Peers

Insider and Institutional Ownership

40.3% of shares of all “CONSM PD – MISC DIS” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Growlife shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.3% of shares of all “CONSM PD – MISC DIS” companies are owned by 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 and Valuation

This table compares Growlife and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Growlife	N/A	-$4.48 million	0.00
Growlife Competitors	$2.77 billion	$80.45 million	-4.45

Growlife’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Growlife. Growlife 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.

Risk & Volatility

Growlife has a beta of 2.3, indicating that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Growlife’s rivals have a beta of 1.22, indicating that their average stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Growlife and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Growlife	N/A	N/A	N/A
Growlife Competitors	-5.54%	0.73%	0.04%

Summary

Growlife rivals beat Growlife on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

Growlife Company Profile

GrowLife, Inc. focuses on the functional mushroom business. It processes, stores, markets, distributes, and sells fresh and dried mushroom products. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington.