Innovative Industrial Properties (NYSE:IIPR) and General Cannabis (OTCMKTS:CANN) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Innovative Industrial Properties and General Cannabis, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Innovative Industrial Properties | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.71 |
General Cannabis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Innovative Industrial Properties presently has a consensus target price of $192.4286, indicating a potential upside of 1.82%. Given Innovative Industrial Properties' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Innovative Industrial Properties is more favorable than General Cannabis.
Profitability
This table compares Innovative Industrial Properties and General Cannabis' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Innovative Industrial Properties | 55.71% | 6.05% | 4.82% |
General Cannabis | -167.65% | N/A | -171.06% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Innovative Industrial Properties and General Cannabis' revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Innovative Industrial Properties | $44.67 million | 101.23 | $23.48 million | $3.27 | 57.80 |
General Cannabis | $3.67 million | 15.07 | $-15,480,000.00 | N/A | N/A |
Innovative Industrial Properties has higher revenue and earnings than General Cannabis.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
74.9% of Innovative Industrial Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Innovative Industrial Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.0% of General Cannabis shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
Innovative Industrial Properties has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Cannabis has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Innovative Industrial Properties beats General Cannabis on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.