Reviewing Green Thumb Industries (OTCMKTS:GTBIF) & Jushi (OTCMKTS:JUSHF)
by Michael Walen · The Markets DailyGreen Thumb Industries (OTCMKTS:GTBIF – Get Free Report) and Jushi (OTCMKTS:JUSHF – Get Free Report) are both small-cap healthcare companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Green Thumb Industries and Jushi, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Green Thumb Industries | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Jushi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Green Thumb Industries currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 148.28%. Given Green Thumb Industries’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Green Thumb Industries is more favorable than Jushi.
Risk & Volatility
Green Thumb Industries has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jushi has a beta of -0.7, indicating that its share price is 170% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Green Thumb Industries and Jushi’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Green Thumb Industries | 10.48% | 6.03% | 4.09% |
| Jushi | -24.44% | N/A | -15.46% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
0.1% of Green Thumb Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.7% of Jushi shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Green Thumb Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.1% of Jushi shares are held 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.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Green Thumb Industries and Jushi”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Green Thumb Industries | $1.18 billion | 1.20 | $114.15 million | $0.54 | 13.43 |
| Jushi | $262.91 million | 0.32 | -$68.59 million | ($0.34) | -1.22 |
Green Thumb Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Jushi. Jushi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Green Thumb Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Green Thumb Industries beats Jushi on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Green Thumb Industries
Green Thumb Industries Inc. manufactures, distributes, markets, and sells of cannabis products for medical and adult-use in the United States. It operates through two segments, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods. The company offers cannabis flower; processed and packaged products, including pre-rolls, concentrates, vapes, capsules, tinctures, edibles, topicals, and other cannabis-related products under the &Shine, Beboe, Dogwalkers, Doctor Solomon's, Good Green, incredibles, and RHYTHM brands. It distributes its products primarily to third-party retail customers and sells finished products directly to consumers in its own retail stores, as well as direct-to consumer delivery channel. Green Thumb Industries Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
About Jushi
Jushi Holdings Inc., a vertically integrated cannabis company, engages in the cultivation, processing, retail, and distribution of cannabis for medical and adult-use markets. The company offers flower, extracts, concentrates, edibles, oil, pre-rolls, tinctures, capsules, softgels, cannabis-infused gummies and ultra-premium chocolate, and topicals products, as well as vaporization devices and cartridges under The Bank, The Lab, Nira+ Medicinals, Sèchè, Tasteology, and Hijinks brands. It is also involved in the bulk wholesale of refined cannabinoids and terpenes. In addition, the company operates medical cannabis dispensaries under the BEYOND/HELLO, Nature’s Remedy, and NuLeaf brands. It markets its products to local dispensaries and large multi-state operators. The company is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.