AKAN vs. SMFL, SNDL, TLRY, CRON, USNA, CGC, MNMD, BTMD, ACB, and CDXC
Should you be buying Akanda stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akanda include Smart for Life (SMFL), SNDL (SNDL), Tilray (TLRY), Cronos Group (CRON), USANA Health Sciences (USNA), Canopy Growth (CGC), Mind Medicine (MindMed) (MNMD), biote (BTMD), Aurora Cannabis (ACB), and ChromaDex (CDXC). These companies are all part of the "medicinals & botanicals" industry.
Akanda (NASDAQ:AKAN) and Smart for Life (NASDAQ:SMFL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
1.0% of Akanda shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Smart for Life shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.4% of Akanda shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.7% of Smart for Life shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Smart for Life received 1 more outperform votes than Akanda when rated by MarketBeat users.
Akanda has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smart for Life has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Smart for Life has higher revenue and earnings than Akanda.
In the previous week, Smart for Life had 7 more articles in the media than Akanda. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Smart for Life and 7 mentions for Akanda. Smart for Life's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Akanda's score of 0.77 indicating that Smart for Life is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Akanda has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Smart for Life's net margin of -188.32%.
Summary
Smart for Life beats Akanda on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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