Critical Comparison: Glucose Health (GLUC) versus Its Peers

Institutional & Insider Ownership

15.8% of shares of all “Medicinals & botanicals” companies are owned by institutional investors. 21.3% of shares of all “Medicinals & botanicals” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Glucose Health and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Glucose Health	$540,000.00	-$420,000.00	-3.86
Glucose Health Competitors	$321.67 million	-$49.81 million	16.42

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

Profitability

This table compares Glucose Health and its competitors’ 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	-41.00%	-261.24%	-7.37%

Volatility & Risk

Glucose Health has a beta of 3.51, suggesting that its share price is 251% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glucose Health’s competitors have a beta of 1.29, suggesting that their average share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Glucose Health competitors beat Glucose Health on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Glucose Health

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.