Green Thumb Industries (OTCMKTS:GTBIF – Get Free Report) and Kewaunee Scientific (NASDAQ:KEQU – Get Free Report) are both small-cap healthcare companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Green Thumb Industries and Kewaunee Scientific’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Green Thumb Industries | 10.48% | 6.03% | 4.09% |
| Kewaunee Scientific | 2.97% | 11.61% | 4.82% |
Volatility & Risk
Green Thumb Industries has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kewaunee Scientific has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Green Thumb Industries | $1.18 billion | 1.31 | $114.15 million | $0.54 | 14.57 |
| Kewaunee Scientific | $282.00 million | 0.35 | $9.62 million | $2.76 | 12.46 |
Green Thumb Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Kewaunee Scientific. Kewaunee Scientific 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.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
0.1% of Green Thumb Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of Kewaunee Scientific shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Green Thumb Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.1% of Kewaunee Scientific shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations for Green Thumb Industries and Kewaunee Scientific, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Green Thumb Industries | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Kewaunee Scientific | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Green Thumb Industries currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 128.72%. Given Green Thumb Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Green Thumb Industries is more favorable than Kewaunee Scientific.
Summary
Green Thumb Industries beats Kewaunee Scientific on 10 of the 15 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 Kewaunee Scientific
Kewaunee Scientific Corporation designs, manufactures, and installs laboratory, healthcare, and technical furniture and infrastructure products. The company operates through two segments, Domestic and International. Its products include steel and wood casework, fume hoods, adaptable modular systems, moveable workstations, stand-alone benches, biological safety cabinets, and epoxy resin work surfaces and sinks. The company's laboratory products are used in chemistry, physics, biology, and other general science laboratories in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, industrial, chemical, commercial, educational, government, and health care markets; and technical products are used in facilities manufacturing computers and light electronics and by users of computer and networking furniture. It sells its products primarily through dealers, its subidiaries, and a national distributor. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Statesville, North Carolina.
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