TerrAscend (OTCMKTS:TSNDF – Get Free Report) and Green Thumb Industries (OTC:GTBIF – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares TerrAscend and Green Thumb Industries”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| TerrAscend | $317.33 million | 0.49 | -$95.54 million | N/A | N/A |
| Green Thumb Industries | $1.05 billion | 1.43 | $36.27 million | $0.27 | 26.33 |
Green Thumb Industries has higher revenue and earnings than TerrAscend.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| TerrAscend | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Green Thumb Industries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.00 |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
5.8% of TerrAscend shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Green Thumb Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.9% of TerrAscend shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Green Thumb Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares TerrAscend and Green Thumb Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| TerrAscend | -23.95% | -31.48% | -11.40% |
| Green Thumb Industries | 5.68% | 3.65% | 2.52% |
Risk and Volatility
TerrAscend has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Green Thumb Industries has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Green Thumb Industries beats TerrAscend on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About TerrAscend
TerrAscend Corp. cultivates, processes, and sells medical and adult use cannabis in Canada and the United States. The company produces and distributes hemp-derived wellness products to retail locations; and manufactures vaporizables, concentrates, topicals, tinctures and edibles. It also operates retail dispensaries under the Apothecarium and State Flower brand names. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.
About Green Thumb Industries
Green Thumb Industries Inc. manufactures, distributes, markets, and sells of cannabis products for medical and adult-use in the United States. It operates through two segments, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods. The company offers cannabis flower; processed and packaged products, including pre-rolls, concentrates, vapes, capsules, tinctures, edibles, topicals, and other cannabis-related products under the &Shine, Beboe, Dogwalkers, Doctor Solomon’s, Good Green, incredibles, and RHYTHM brands. It distributes its products primarily to third-party retail customers and sells finished products directly to consumers in its own retail stores, as well as direct-to consumer delivery channel. Green Thumb Industries Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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