Financial Comparison: Glucose Health (OTCMKTS:GLUC) and High Tide (NASDAQ:HITI)

Glucose Health (OTCMKTS:GLUC) and High Tide (NASDAQ:HITI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Glucose Health has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, High Tide has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Glucose Health and High Tide’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Glucose Health	-108.70%	N/A	N/A
High Tide	-1.66%	-6.50%	-3.84%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

4.5% of High Tide shares are held by institutional investors. 12.4% of High Tide shares are held 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Glucose Health and High Tide”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Glucose Health	$380,000.00	24.51	-$320,000.00	($0.03)	-15.19
High Tide	$381.22 million	0.59	-$3.19 million	($0.08)	-31.88

Glucose Health has higher earnings, but lower revenue than High Tide. High Tide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glucose Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Glucose Health and High Tide, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Glucose Health	0	0	0	0	0.00
High Tide	1	0	2	1	2.75

High Tide has a consensus target price of $6.13, suggesting a potential upside of 140.20%. Given High Tide’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe High Tide is more favorable than Glucose Health.

Summary

High Tide beats Glucose Health on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Glucose Health

Glucose Health, Inc. engages in the formulation, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of soluble fiber infused nutritional beverages. It offers soluble fiber infused powdered iced tea, and flavored drink mixes for pre-diabetic and diabetic persons under the GLUCODOWN brand in North America. The company was formerly known as Bio-Solutions Corp. and changed its name to Glucose Health, Inc. in November 2014. Glucose Health, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Bentonville, Arkansas.

About High Tide

High Tide Inc. engages in the cannabis retail business in Canada, the United States, and internationally. The company operates through Retail and Wholesale segments. It operates licensed retail cannabis stores; and provides data analytics services. In addition, the company manufactures and distributes consumption accessories. Further, it sells its products through online sales via e-commerce platform. The company offers its products under the Daily High Club, DankStop, FABCBD, GC, Nuleaf, Smoke Cartel, and Blessed CBD brands. The company was formerly known as High Tide Ventures Inc. and changed its name to High Tide Inc. in October 2018. High Tide Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.