TerrAscend (TSNDF) and Its Rivals Head to Head Review

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

Volatility and Risk

TerrAscend has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TerrAscend’s peers have a beta of -19.60, indicating that their average share price is 2,060% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TerrAscend	0	1	0	1	3.00
TerrAscend Competitors	317	261	605	34	2.29

As a group, “Agricultural production – crops” companies have a potential upside of 52.95%. Given TerrAscend’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TerrAscend has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares TerrAscend and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
TerrAscend	$317.33 million	-$95.54 million	-1.68
TerrAscend Competitors	$1.23 billion	-$827,419.35	6.85

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

5.8% of TerrAscend shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.7% of shares of all “Agricultural production – crops” companies are owned by institutional investors. 31.9% of TerrAscend shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of shares of all “Agricultural production – crops” companies are owned by 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.

Profitability

This table compares TerrAscend and its peers’ 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%

Summary

TerrAscend beats its peers 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.