Reviewing MJ (OTCMKTS:MJNE) & OptimizeRx (NASDAQ:OPRX)

MJ (OTCMKTS:MJNE) and OptimizeRx (NASDAQ:OPRX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for MJ and OptimizeRx, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MJ	0	0	0	0	0.00
OptimizeRx	0	3	8	0	2.73

OptimizeRx has a consensus target price of $10.38, indicating a potential downside of 9.23%. Given MJ’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe MJ is more favorable than OptimizeRx.

Risk & Volatility

MJ has a beta of -0.08, suggesting that its stock price is 108% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OptimizeRx has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares MJ and OptimizeRx”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MJ	$360,000.00	0.00	-$5.38 million	N/A	N/A
OptimizeRx	$92.13 million	2.29	-$17.57 million	($1.10)	-10.39

MJ has higher earnings, but lower revenue than OptimizeRx.

Profitability

This table compares MJ and OptimizeRx’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MJ	N/A	N/A	N/A
OptimizeRx	-27.41%	-4.92%	-3.41%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

76.5% of OptimizeRx shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.9% of MJ shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of OptimizeRx shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

MJ beats OptimizeRx on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MJ

MJ Holdings, Inc., a cannabis holding company, engages in cultivation management, asset, and infrastructure development business in Nevada. It is also involved in production of cannabis related products; and provision of management services, dispensaries, and consulting services. The company is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

About OptimizeRx

OptimizeRx Corporation, a digital health technology company, enables care-focused engagement between life sciences organizations, healthcare providers, and patients at critical junctures throughout the patient care journey. It offers various tech-enabled marketing solutions through its Artificial Intelligence-generated Dynamic Audience and Activation Platform, which enables customers to execute traditional marketing campaigns on its proprietary digital point-of-care network, as well as dynamic marketing campaigns that optimize audiences in real time to increase the value of treatment information for healthcare professionals and patients in response to clinical care events. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.