AKAN vs. SMFL, BTTX, TIVC, SCNI, HSTO, OSAP, BLPH, SPRC, SBFM, and CMRA
Should you be buying Akanda stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akanda include Smart for Life (SMFL), Better Therapeutics (BTTX), Tivic Health Systems (TIVC), Scinai Immunotherapeutics (SCNI), Histogen (HSTO), ProSomnus (OSAP), Bellerophon Therapeutics (BLPH), SciSparc (SPRC), Sunshine Biopharma (SBFM), and Comera Life Sciences (CMRA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Akanda (NASDAQ:AKAN) and Smart for Life (NASDAQ:SMFL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Smart for Life has higher revenue and earnings than Akanda.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 31.7% of Smart for Life shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company 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 net margin of 0.00% compared to Smart for Life's net margin of -188.32%.
In the previous week, Smart for Life had 1 more articles in the media than Akanda. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Smart for Life and 3 mentions for Akanda. Akanda's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Smart for Life's score of 0.54 indicating that Akanda is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Akanda has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smart for Life has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Smart for Life beats Akanda on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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