Contrasting Hero Technologies (OTCMKTS:HENC) and Jushi (OTCMKTS:JUSHF)

Jushi (OTCMKTS:JUSHF) and Hero Technologies (OTCMKTS:HENC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Jushi and Hero Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jushi	0	0	0	0	N/A
Hero Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Jushi and Hero Technologies’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jushi	$269.45 million	0.41	-$65.10 million	($0.36)	-1.56
Hero Technologies	N/A	N/A	-$540,000.00	N/A	N/A

Hero Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Jushi.

Profitability

This table compares Jushi and Hero Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jushi	-26.80%	-5,529.11%	-11.88%
Hero Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

Jushi has a beta of -1.06, suggesting that its share price is 206% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hero Technologies has a beta of -0.59, suggesting that its share price is 159% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

21.7% of Jushi shares are held by institutional investors. 21.7% of Jushi shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Hero Technologies shares are held by company 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.

Summary

Hero Technologies beats Jushi on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Jushi

Jushi Holdings Inc., a vertically integrated cannabis company, engages in the cultivation, processing, retail, and distribution of medical and adult-use products. It focuses on building a portfolio of cannabis assets in various jurisdictions in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, California, Nevada, and Massachusetts. The company also offers hemp-based CBD products, including cannabis dry flower, vaporizer forms of cannabis, edibles, cannabis oil in capsules, tinctures, cannabis in topical products, and other cannabis products, as well as vape cartridges, disposables, and concentrates under The Bank, The Lab, Nira+ Medicinals, Sèchè, Tasteology, and Hijinks brands. In addition, it operates medical cannabis dispensaries under the BEYOND/HELLO, Nature's Remedy, and NuLeaf brands. The company is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.

About Hero Technologies

Hero Technologies Inc. operates as an early-stage cannabis company. It focuses on the provision of BlackBox, an aeroponic cannabis cultivation system that provides optimal growing conditions to enhance photosynthesis and the cultivation of large flowering plants and create increased harvest efficiencies. The company also intends to offer cannabis genetic engineering farmland for medical and recreational cannabis cultivation, production, distribution, packaging, and retail operations, as well as for dispensaries. The company is based in Dover, Delaware.