Flora Growth (FLGC) Competitors

Flora Growth (NASDAQ:FLGC) and Optical Cable (NASDAQ:OCC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, FLGC or OCC?

Flora Growth has a beta of 2, meaning that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Optical Cable has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer FLGC or OCC?

In the previous week, Flora Growth had 1 more articles in the media than Optical Cable. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Flora Growth and 3 mentions for Optical Cable. Flora Growth's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Optical Cable's score of 0.93 indicating that Flora Growth is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Flora Growth	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Optical Cable	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FLGC or OCC?

Optical Cable received 90 more outperform votes than Flora Growth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.60% of users gave Optical Cable an outperform vote while only 60.87% of users gave Flora Growth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Flora Growth	Outperform Votes 14 60.87%	Underperform Votes 9 39.13%
Optical Cable	Outperform Votes 104 64.60%	Underperform Votes 57 35.40%

Do analysts rate FLGC or OCC?

Flora Growth presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 361.54%. Given Flora Growth's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Flora Growth is more favorable than Optical Cable.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flora Growth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Optical Cable	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FLGC or OCC?

Optical Cable has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Flora Growth.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flora Growth	$76.07M	0.22	-$57.04M	N/A	N/A
Optical Cable	$72.17M	0.31	$2.07M	-$0.03	-93.64

Is FLGC or OCC more profitable?

Optical Cable has a net margin of -0.24% compared to Flora Growth's net margin of -75.95%. Optical Cable's return on equity of -6.09% beat Flora Growth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flora Growth	-75.95%	-144.44%	-43.20%
Optical Cable	-0.24%	-6.09%	-3.45%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FLGC or OCC?

36.0% of Flora Growth shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of Optical Cable shares are held by institutional investors. 17.6% of Flora Growth shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of Optical Cable shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Optical Cable beats Flora Growth on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.