SMFL vs. AKAN, AMPE, ATHX, APVO, SIENQ, PKBO, MOTS, NVTA, ACORQ, and SXTC
Should you be buying Smart for Life stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smart for Life include Akanda (AKAN), Ampio Pharmaceuticals (AMPE), Athersys (ATHX), Aptevo Therapeutics (APVO), Sientra (SIENQ), Peak Bio (PKBO), Motus GI (MOTS), Invitae (NVTA), Acorda Therapeutics (ACORQ), and China SXT Pharmaceuticals (SXTC). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Smart for Life (NASDAQ:SMFL) and Akanda (NASDAQ:AKAN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
Smart for Life received 1 more outperform votes than Akanda when rated by MarketBeat users.
28.4% of Smart for Life shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of Akanda shares are held by institutional investors. 31.7% of Smart for Life shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Akanda 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.
Akanda has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Smart for Life's net margin of -188.32%.
In the previous week, Akanda had 1 more articles in the media than Smart for Life. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Akanda and 1 mentions for Smart for Life. Smart for Life's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Akanda's score of 0.20 indicating that Smart for Life is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Smart for Life has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akanda has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Smart for Life has higher revenue and earnings than Akanda.
Summary
Smart for Life beats Akanda on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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