Analyzing Glucose Health (GLUC) & Its Competitors

Glucose Health (OTCMKTS:GLUC) is one of 51 publicly-traded companies in the “Medicinals & botanicals” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Glucose Health to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Glucose Health	-75.00%	N/A	N/A
Glucose Health Competitors	-42.21%	-22.72%	-7.72%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Glucose Health and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Glucose Health	0	0	0	0	N/A
Glucose Health Competitors	272	537	980	74	2.46

As a group, “Medicinals & botanicals” companies have a potential upside of 66.01%. Given Glucose Health’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Glucose Health has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Volatility & Risk

Glucose Health has a beta of 3.49, suggesting that its share price is 249% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glucose Health’s rivals have a beta of 1.07, suggesting that their average share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

16.2% of shares of all “Medicinals & botanicals” companies are held by institutional investors. 21.6% of shares of all “Medicinals & botanicals” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Glucose Health and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Glucose Health	$540,000.00	-$420,000.00	-7.83
Glucose Health Competitors	$319.33 million	-$49.38 million	-8.69

Glucose Health’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Glucose Health. Glucose Health 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.

Glucose Health Company Profile

Glucose Health, Inc. engages in the formulation, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of soluble fiber infused nutritional beverages. It offers soluble fiber infused powdered iced tea, and flavored drink mixes for pre-diabetic and diabetic persons under the GLUCODOWN brand in North America. The company was formerly known as Bio-Solutions Corp. and changed its name to Glucose Health, Inc. in November 2014. Glucose Health, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Bentonville, Arkansas.