SMFL vs. AKAN, APVO, AMPE, ATHX, CALA, MOTS, BTTX, ACORQ, PTEIQ, and SINT
Should you be buying Smart for Life stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smart for Life include Akanda (AKAN), Aptevo Therapeutics (APVO), Ampio Pharmaceuticals (AMPE), Athersys (ATHX), Calithera Biosciences (CALA), Motus GI (MOTS), Better Therapeutics (BTTX), Acorda Therapeutics (ACORQ), PolarityTE (PTEIQ), and Sintx Technologies (SINT). 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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
Akanda has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Akanda's net margin of -188.32%.
Akanda has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Smart for Life.
Smart for Life received 1 more outperform votes than Akanda when rated by MarketBeat users.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 31.7% of Smart for Life shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Akanda has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smart for Life has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Smart for Life had 15 more articles in the media than Akanda. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Smart for Life and 0 mentions for Akanda. Akanda's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Smart for Life's score of 0.00 indicating that Smart for Life is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Smart for Life beats Akanda on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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