Reviewing TerrAscend (TSNDF) & Its Peers

TerrAscend (OTCMKTS:TSNDF) is one of 43 public companies in the “Agricultural production – crops” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare TerrAscend to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for TerrAscend and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TerrAscend	0	1	0	1	3.00
TerrAscend Competitors	323	263	606	34	2.29

As a group, “Agricultural production – crops” companies have a potential upside of 63.75%. Given TerrAscend’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TerrAscend has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares TerrAscend and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
TerrAscend	$317.33 million	-$95.54 million	-0.92
TerrAscend Competitors	$1.23 billion	-$827,419.35	6.61

TerrAscend’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than TerrAscend. TerrAscend is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

5.8% of TerrAscend shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.7% of shares of all “Agricultural production – crops” companies are held by institutional investors. 31.9% of TerrAscend shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of shares of all “Agricultural production – crops” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares TerrAscend and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TerrAscend	-23.95%	-31.48%	-11.40%
TerrAscend Competitors	-98.15%	-2,439.03%	-14.56%

Volatility & Risk

TerrAscend has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TerrAscend’s competitors have a beta of -19.59, meaning that their average stock price is 2,059% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

TerrAscend beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

TerrAscend Company Profile

TerrAscend Corp. cultivates, processes, and sells medical and adult use cannabis in Canada and the United States. The company produces and distributes hemp-derived wellness products to retail locations; and manufactures vaporizables, concentrates, topicals, tinctures and edibles. It also operates retail dispensaries under the Apothecarium and State Flower brand names. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.