Comparing Green Thumb Industries (OTC:GTBIF) & TerrAscend (OTCMKTS:TSNDF)

Green Thumb Industries (OTC:GTBIF) and TerrAscend (OTCMKTS:TSNDF) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Green Thumb Industries and TerrAscend’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Green Thumb Industries	5.68%	3.65%	2.52%
TerrAscend	-23.95%	-31.48%	-11.40%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.1% of Green Thumb Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.8% of TerrAscend shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Green Thumb Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.9% of TerrAscend shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Green Thumb Industries has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TerrAscend has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Green Thumb Industries and TerrAscend, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Green Thumb Industries	0	0	0	3	4.00
TerrAscend	0	1	0	1	3.00

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Green Thumb Industries and TerrAscend”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Green Thumb Industries	$1.05 billion	1.40	$36.27 million	$0.27	25.74
TerrAscend	$317.33 million	0.46	-$95.54 million	N/A	N/A

Green Thumb Industries has higher revenue and earnings than TerrAscend.

Summary

Green Thumb Industries beats TerrAscend on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.