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AKAN vs. GRI, XBIO, GLTO, JAGX, ONCO, APVO, SHPH, SCNI, ENVB, and ADXS

Should you be buying Akanda stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akanda include GRI Bio (GRI), Xenetic Biosciences (XBIO), Galecto (GLTO), Jaguar Animal Health (JAGX), Onconetix (ONCO), Aptevo Therapeutics (APVO), Shuttle Pharmaceuticals (SHPH), Scinai Immunotherapeutics (SCNI), Enveric Biosciences (ENVB), and Ayala Pharmaceuticals (ADXS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Akanda vs. Its Competitors

GRI Bio (NASDAQ:GRI) and Akanda (NASDAQ:AKAN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, GRI Bio and GRI Bio both had 2 articles in the media. GRI Bio's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Akanda's score of 0.73 indicating that GRI Bio is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
GRI Bio Positive
Akanda Positive

34.0% of GRI Bio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of Akanda shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of GRI Bio shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Akanda shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Akanda has higher revenue and earnings than GRI Bio.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GRI BioN/AN/A-$8.21M-$11.56-0.15
Akanda$840K1.26-$4.10MN/AN/A

GRI Bio has a beta of -1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 245% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akanda has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

GRI Bio presently has a consensus target price of $22.50, indicating a potential upside of 1,164.04%. Given GRI Bio's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GRI Bio is more favorable than Akanda.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GRI Bio
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Akanda
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Akanda's return on equity of 0.00% beat GRI Bio's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GRI BioN/A -327.62% -191.40%
Akanda N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Akanda beats GRI Bio on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AKAN vs. The Competition

MetricAkandaMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.03M$10.52B$6.02B$10.34B
Dividend YieldN/A1.90%5.73%4.82%
P/E RatioN/A20.6084.7826.75
Price / Sales1.2628.76598.92130.97
Price / CashN/A25.5625.7730.18
Price / Book0.253.3612.476.64
Net Income-$4.10M$210.63M$3.32B$276.55M
7 Day Performance-2.09%-2.24%-0.56%-0.93%
1 Month Performance-35.73%-0.15%8.20%6.04%
1 Year Performance-63.91%-7.45%75.60%40.02%

Akanda Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AKAN
Akanda
1.6342 of 5 stars
$2.30
+4.1%
N/A-66.0%$1.03M$840K0.00110
GRI
GRI Bio
2.3381 of 5 stars
$1.97
-1.5%
$22.50
+1,042.1%
-73.0%$5.03MN/A0.001
XBIO
Xenetic Biosciences
0.7234 of 5 stars
$4.29
+32.4%
N/A+44.4%$5M$2.50M0.004High Trading Volume
GLTO
Galecto
0.5691 of 5 stars
$17.92
+383.0%
$10.00
-44.2%
+75.4%$4.91MN/A0.0040High Trading Volume
JAGX
Jaguar Animal Health
2.1653 of 5 stars
$2.13
-2.7%
$60.00
+2,716.9%
-93.2%$4.76M$11.69M0.0050
ONCO
Onconetix
1.1405 of 5 stars
$3.37
+9.8%
N/A-99.3%$4.75M$2.52M0.0012
APVO
Aptevo Therapeutics
1.4809 of 5 stars
$1.76
+24.8%
N/A-100.0%$4.64M$3.11M0.0050Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SHPH
Shuttle Pharmaceuticals
0.7105 of 5 stars
$4.20
-2.6%
N/A-86.4%$4.61MN/A0.005
SCNI
Scinai Immunotherapeutics
1.0249 of 5 stars
$1.46
+7.7%
N/A-64.2%$4.32M$660K0.0020Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ENVB
Enveric Biosciences
2.1118 of 5 stars
$0.70
+0.5%
$10.00
+1,336.2%
-89.7%$4.31MN/A0.0020
ADXS
Ayala Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.10
flat
N/A+23.3%$4.25M$3.24M-0.0120

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This page (NASDAQ:AKAN) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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