Critical Analysis: Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:ORIS) & TerrAscend (OTCMKTS:TSNDF)

TerrAscend (OTCMKTS:TSNDF) and Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:ORIS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares TerrAscend and Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TerrAscend	$317.33 million	0.49	-$95.54 million	N/A	N/A
Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares	$24.12 million	1.42	$11.50 million	N/A	N/A

Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TerrAscend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for TerrAscend and Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TerrAscend	0	1	0	1	3.00
Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares	0	0	0	0	0.00

Insider & Institutional Ownership

5.8% of TerrAscend shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.9% of TerrAscend shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares TerrAscend and Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TerrAscend	-23.95%	-31.48%	-11.40%
Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares	N/A	N/A	N/A

About TerrAscend

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.

About Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares

Oriental Rise Holdings Limited engages in planting, cultivating, processing, and selling processed tea in Mainland China. It offers processed white tea, black tea, and refined tea products to wholesale distributors and end-user retail customers. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Ningde, China.