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C$3.62 +0.02 (+0.56%)
(As of 12/18/2024 05:28 PM ET)

HLS vs. WEED, CPH, ACB, FIRE, EPI, OGI, ICC, RIV, LEAF, and RX

Should you be buying HLS Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HLS Therapeutics include Canopy Growth (WEED), Cipher Pharmaceuticals (CPH), Aurora Cannabis (ACB), Supreme Cannabis (FIRE), ESSA Pharma (EPI), Organigram (OGI), ICC Labs (ICC), RIV Capital (RIV), Leaf Mobile (LEAF), and BioSyent (RX). These companies are all part of the "drug manufacturers - specialty & generic" industry.

HLS Therapeutics vs.

Canopy Growth (TSE:WEED) and HLS Therapeutics (TSE:HLS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking and risk.

In the previous week, Canopy Growth and Canopy Growth both had 3 articles in the media. HLS Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Canopy Growth's score of 0.46 indicating that HLS Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Canopy Growth
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
HLS Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Canopy Growth currently has a consensus target price of C$6.26, indicating a potential upside of 53.84%. HLS Therapeutics has a consensus target price of C$4.13, indicating a potential upside of 13.95%. Given Canopy Growth's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canopy Growth is more favorable than HLS Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Canopy Growth
3 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.25
HLS Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

HLS Therapeutics has a net margin of -40.90% compared to Canopy Growth's net margin of -259.94%. HLS Therapeutics' return on equity of -24.82% beat Canopy Growth's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Canopy Growth-259.94% -87.26% -3.83%
HLS Therapeutics -40.90%-24.82%-2.89%

Canopy Growth has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HLS Therapeutics has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

HLS Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Canopy Growth. HLS Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canopy Growth, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Canopy GrowthC$287.10M1.20-C$602.30M-C$7.91-0.51
HLS TherapeuticsC$58.89M1.95-C$24.09M-C$1.01-3.58

Canopy Growth received 606 more outperform votes than HLS Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.38% of users gave HLS Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 62.08% of users gave Canopy Growth an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Canopy GrowthOutperform Votes
640
62.08%
Underperform Votes
391
37.92%
HLS TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
34
65.38%
Underperform Votes
18
34.62%

9.4% of Canopy Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of HLS Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Canopy Growth shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of HLS Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

HLS Therapeutics beats Canopy Growth on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HLS vs. The Competition

MetricHLS TherapeuticsDrug Manufacturers IndustryMedical SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$115.08MC$1.10BC$5.03BC$5.61B
Dividend Yield4.30%3.13%4.81%5.75%
P/E Ratio-3.58105.06133.0827.82
Price / Sales1.952,087.151,119.691,253.90
Price / Cash15.229.8240.6379.10
Price / Book1.393.174.753.31
Net Income-C$24.09MC$142.32MC$118.34MC$287.14M
7 Day Performance-0.82%-1.13%11.41%-3.60%
1 Month Performance12.77%-2.66%9.50%-0.41%
1 Year Performance2.84%100.39%29.79%32.12%

HLS Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HLS
HLS Therapeutics
2.0879 of 5 stars
C$3.62
+0.6%
C$4.13
+14.0%
+4.0%C$115.08MC$58.89M-3.5891High Trading Volume
WEED
Canopy Growth
1.2129 of 5 stars
C$4.34
-1.8%
C$7.12
+64.0%
+516.7%C$368.29MC$287.10M-0.562,700Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
CPH
Cipher Pharmaceuticals
0.5946 of 5 stars
C$14.12
-0.8%
C$12.50
-11.5%
+126.8%C$361.33MC$22.16M11.395
ACB
Aurora Cannabis
0.4015 of 5 stars
C$6.08
-1.1%
C$6.35
+4.4%
+869.8%C$332.33MC$278.98M-9.761,073Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
FIRE
Supreme Cannabis
N/AC$0.34
+3.0%
N/AN/AC$259.40MC$53.29M-10.81400
EPI
ESSA Pharma
N/AC$8.20
+7.2%
N/A+0.0%C$237.87MN/A-8.2725
OGI
Organigram
3.2013 of 5 stars
C$2.17
+3.3%
C$3.86
+78.0%
+20.0%C$235.60MC$149.21M-0.84987Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ICC
ICC Labs
N/AC$1.62
-5.8%
N/A+0.0%C$223.64MC$533,684.0095.29N/AGap Up
RIV
RIV Capital
N/AC$1.50
-6.3%
N/AN/AC$213.65MC$11.33M-1.6312
LEAF
Leaf Mobile
N/AC$2.59
-1.9%
N/AN/AC$198.42MC$83.74M58.86150
RX
BioSyent
N/AC$11.89
-0.8%
N/A+32.3%C$137.81MC$33.82M19.97N/A

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