Green Thumb Industries (OTCMKTS:GTBIF) and Tilray Brands (NASDAQ:TLRY) Critical Comparison

Tilray Brands (NASDAQ:TLRY) and Green Thumb Industries (OTCMKTS:GTBIF) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Tilray Brands and Green Thumb Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tilray Brands	2	3	2	0	2.00
Green Thumb Industries	0	1	1	1	3.00

Tilray Brands currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 177.78%. Given Tilray Brands’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Tilray Brands is more favorable than Green Thumb Industries.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

9.4% of Tilray Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Green Thumb Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Tilray Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Green Thumb Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Tilray Brands has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Green Thumb Industries has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tilray Brands	-258.54%	-6.79%	-5.30%
Green Thumb Industries	3.77%	1.66%	1.17%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Tilray Brands 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
Tilray Brands	$821.31 million	0.98	-$2.19 billion	($22.70)	-0.32
Green Thumb Industries	$1.14 billion	1.12	$73.08 million	$0.17	36.18

Green Thumb Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Tilray Brands. Tilray Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Green Thumb Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Green Thumb Industries beats Tilray Brands on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tilray Brands

Tilray, Inc. engages in the research, cultivation, processing, and distribution of medical cannabis. The company offers its products in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Germany, New Zealand, and South Africa. Tilray, Inc. is headquartered in 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.