Financial Survey: ANI Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ANIP) & Choom (OTCMKTS:CHOOF)

ANI Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ANIP) and Choom (OTCMKTS:CHOOF) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.

Profitability

This table compares ANI Pharmaceuticals and Choom’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ANI Pharmaceuticals	5.01%	15.64%	7.63%
Choom	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ANI Pharmaceuticals and Choom”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ANI Pharmaceuticals	$538.95 million	2.35	$18.78 million	$1.60	37.69
Choom	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.14	N/A

ANI Pharmaceuticals has higher revenue and earnings than Choom. Choom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ANI Pharmaceuticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for ANI Pharmaceuticals and Choom, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ANI Pharmaceuticals	0	1	5	0	2.83
Choom	0	0	0	0	N/A

ANI Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus target price of $77.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.67%.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

76.1% of ANI Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.7% of ANI Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

ANI Pharmaceuticals beats Choom on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ANI Pharmaceuticals

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops, manufactures, and markets branded and generic prescription pharmaceuticals in the United States and Canada. The company manufactures oral solid dose products; semi-solids, liquids, and topicals; controlled substances; and potent products, as well as performs contract development and manufacturing of pharmaceutical products. It markets its products through retail pharmacy chains, wholesalers, distributors and mail order pharmacies, group purchasing organizations, specialty pharmacies, and hospitals. ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Baudette, Minnesota.

About Choom

Choom Holdings Inc. engages in the retail of cannabis. It sells cannabis products and accessories. The company was formerly known as Standard Graphite Corporation and changed its name to Choom Holdings Inc. in November 2017. Choom Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.