High Tide (HITI) Competitors

High Tide (NASDAQ:HITI) and Qurate Retail (NASDAQ:QRTEB) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Does the media favor HITI or QRTEB?

In the previous week, High Tide had 6 more articles in the media than Qurate Retail. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for High Tide and 2 mentions for Qurate Retail. High Tide's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Qurate Retail's score of 0.03 indicating that High Tide is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
High Tide	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Qurate Retail	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HITI or QRTEB?

Qurate Retail received 187 more outperform votes than High Tide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.78% of users gave Qurate Retail an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave High Tide an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
High Tide	Outperform Votes 12 46.15%	Underperform Votes 14 53.85%
Qurate Retail	Outperform Votes 199 62.78%	Underperform Votes 118 37.22%

Which has more volatility and risk, HITI or QRTEB?

High Tide has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qurate Retail has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HITI or QRTEB?

High Tide has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Qurate Retail. High Tide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qurate Retail, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
High Tide	$511.12M	0.49	-$29.14M	-$0.28	-11.04
Qurate Retail	$10.92B	0.09	-$145M	-$0.71	-3.51

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HITI or QRTEB?

4.5% of High Tide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.3% of Qurate Retail shares are held by institutional investors. 12.4% of High Tide shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HITI or QRTEB more profitable?

Qurate Retail has a net margin of -2.71% compared to High Tide's net margin of -6.14%. Qurate Retail's return on equity of 23.22% beat High Tide's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
High Tide	-6.14%	2.06%	1.25%
Qurate Retail	-2.71%	23.22%	0.92%

Do analysts prefer HITI or QRTEB?

High Tide presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 45.63%. Given High Tide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe High Tide is more favorable than Qurate Retail.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
High Tide	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.67
Qurate Retail	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

High Tide beats Qurate Retail on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.