Ascendant Resources (ASND) Competitors

HEXO (TSE:HEXO) and Ascendant Resources (TSE:ASND) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, HEXO or ASND?

Ascendant Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HEXO. Ascendant Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HEXO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HEXO	C$124.10M	0.00	-C$273.18M	-C$3.41	N/A
Ascendant Resources	N/A	N/A	-C$19.42M	-C$0.21	-0.35

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HEXO or ASND?

7.6% of HEXO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Ascendant Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of HEXO shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Ascendant Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, HEXO or ASND?

HEXO has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ascendant Resources has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to HEXO or ASND?

In the previous week, HEXO's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ascendant Resources'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HEXO	Neutral
Ascendant Resources	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HEXO or ASND?

Ascendant Resources received 37 more outperform votes than HEXO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.67% of users gave Ascendant Resources an outperform vote while only 47.90% of users gave HEXO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HEXO	Outperform Votes 57 47.90%	Underperform Votes 62 52.10%
Ascendant Resources	Outperform Votes 94 62.67%	Underperform Votes 56 37.33%

Is HEXO or ASND more profitable?

Ascendant Resources has a net margin of 0.00% compared to HEXO's net margin of -220.13%. Ascendant Resources' return on equity of 144.18% beat HEXO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HEXO	-220.13%	-106.39%	-14.96%
Ascendant Resources	N/A	144.18%	-12.94%

Summary

Ascendant Resources beats HEXO on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.