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HLS Therapeutics (HLS) Competitors

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C$4.41 +0.05 (+1.15%)
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HLS vs. ACB, WEED, FIRE, EPI, ICC, RIV, CPH, LEAF, OGI, and RX

Should you be buying HLS Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HLS Therapeutics include Aurora Cannabis (ACB), Canopy Growth (WEED), Supreme Cannabis (FIRE), ESSA Pharma (EPI), ICC Labs (ICC), RIV Capital (RIV), Cipher Pharmaceuticals (CPH), Leaf Mobile (LEAF), Organigram (OGI), and BioSyent (RX). These companies are all part of the "drug manufacturers - specialty & generic" industry.

HLS Therapeutics vs.

Aurora Cannabis (TSE:ACB) and HLS Therapeutics (TSE:HLS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Aurora Cannabis has a beta of 2.71, suggesting that its stock price is 171% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HLS Therapeutics has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Aurora Cannabis received 497 more outperform votes than HLS Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.15% of users gave HLS Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 63.14% of users gave Aurora Cannabis an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Aurora CannabisOutperform Votes
531
63.14%
Underperform Votes
310
36.86%
HLS TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
34
64.15%
Underperform Votes
19
35.85%

HLS Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aurora Cannabis. Aurora Cannabis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HLS Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aurora CannabisC$195.83M1.87-C$44.16M-C$0.81-8.27
HLS TherapeuticsC$40.13M2.44-C$15.53M-C$1.00-4.42

13.4% of Aurora Cannabis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of HLS Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of HLS Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Aurora Cannabis has a net margin of -22.55% compared to HLS Therapeutics' net margin of -38.70%. Aurora Cannabis' return on equity of -8.36% beat HLS Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aurora Cannabis-22.55% -8.36% -1.87%
HLS Therapeutics -38.70%-25.27%-2.89%

Aurora Cannabis currently has a consensus price target of C$8.75, indicating a potential upside of 30.60%. HLS Therapeutics has a consensus price target of C$4.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.04%. Given Aurora Cannabis' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Aurora Cannabis is more favorable than HLS Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aurora Cannabis
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
HLS Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Aurora Cannabis' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled HLS Therapeutics'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Aurora Cannabis Neutral
HLS Therapeutics Neutral

Summary

Aurora Cannabis beats HLS Therapeutics on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HLS vs. The Competition

MetricHLS TherapeuticsDrug Manufacturers IndustryMedical SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$98.11MC$2.18BC$5.55BC$5.71B
Dividend Yield4.30%2.92%5.09%6.84%
P/E Ratio-4.423.9722.7328.78
Price / Sales2.44496.32406.97570.45
Price / Cash15.2210.2538.1883.20
Price / Book1.755.526.813.76
Net Income-C$15.53MC$20.70BC$3.22BC$301.04M
7 Day Performance4.26%0.95%2.40%0.96%
1 Month Performance-4.13%1.52%3.77%0.17%
1 Year Performance-5.16%96.71%16.96%14.72%

HLS Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HLS
HLS Therapeutics
N/AC$4.41
+1.1%
C$4.50
+2.0%
-6.2%C$98.11MC$40.13M-4.4291
ACB
Aurora Cannabis
1.7016 of 5 stars
C$5.90
+1.5%
C$8.75
+48.3%
-35.0%C$322.78MC$195.83M-7.291,073
WEED
Canopy Growth
1.3442 of 5 stars
C$1.65
+13.0%
C$5.64
+241.7%
-87.7%C$265.43MC$519.68M-0.242,700
FIRE
Supreme Cannabis
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$259.40MC$53.29M-10.97400
EPI
ESSA Pharma
N/AC$8.20
+7.2%
N/A+0.0%C$237.87MN/A-8.2725
ICC
ICC Labs
N/AC$1.62
-5.8%
N/A+0.0%C$223.64MC$533,684.0095.29N/AGap Up
RIV
RIV Capital
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$213.65MC$11.33M-1.6312
CPH
Cipher Pharmaceuticals
0.6193 of 5 stars
C$11.11
flat
C$14.75
+32.8%
+64.1%C$199.46MC$19.03M12.275Gap Up
LEAF
Leaf Mobile
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$198.42MC$83.74M58.86150
OGI
Organigram
2.9536 of 5 stars
C$1.46
+5.0%
C$3.67
+151.1%
-40.2%C$180.37MC$180.58M-3.09987News Coverage
RX
BioSyent
N/AC$10.29
+0.3%
N/A+24.3%C$117.69MC$34.06M16.70N/A

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