S&W Seed (NASDAQ:SANW – Get Free Report) and Green Thumb Industries (OTC:GTBIF – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
Risk and Volatility
S&W Seed has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Green Thumb Industries has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for S&W Seed and Green Thumb Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| S&W Seed | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Green Thumb Industries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.00 |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
61.7% of S&W Seed shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Green Thumb Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of S&W Seed shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Green Thumb Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares S&W Seed and Green Thumb Industries”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| S&W Seed | $54.81 million | 0.32 | -$30.03 million | ($15.61) | -0.52 |
| Green Thumb Industries | $1.05 billion | 1.40 | $36.27 million | $0.27 | 25.74 |
Green Thumb Industries has higher revenue and earnings than S&W Seed. S&W Seed 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.
Profitability
This table compares S&W Seed and Green Thumb Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| S&W Seed | -76.30% | -51.47% | -18.21% |
| Green Thumb Industries | 5.68% | 3.65% | 2.52% |
Summary
Green Thumb Industries beats S&W Seed on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About S&W Seed
S&W Seed Co. engages in the breeding, production, and sale of stevia and alfalfa seeds. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Longmont, CO.
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.
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