Contrasting African Agriculture (NASDAQ:AAGR) & Green Thumb Industries (OTC:GTBIF)

Green Thumb Industries (OTC:GTBIF) and African Agriculture (NASDAQ:AAGR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Volatility and Risk

Green Thumb Industries has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, African Agriculture has a beta of -13.83, suggesting that its share price is 1,483% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Green Thumb Industries and African Agriculture”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Green Thumb Industries	$1.05 billion	1.09	$36.27 million	$0.21	25.76
African Agriculture	$1.75 million	0.08	-$43.06 million	N/A	N/A

Green Thumb Industries has higher revenue and earnings than African Agriculture.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.1% of Green Thumb Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.5% of African Agriculture shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Green Thumb Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.4% of African Agriculture shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Green Thumb Industries and African Agriculture’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Green Thumb Industries	5.68%	3.65%	2.52%
African Agriculture	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Green Thumb Industries and African Agriculture, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Green Thumb Industries	0	0	0	3	4.00
African Agriculture	0	0	0	0	0.00

Summary

Green Thumb Industries beats African Agriculture on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Green Thumb Industries

Green Thumb Industries Inc. manufactures, distributes, markets, and sells of cannabis products for medical and adult-use in the United States. It operates through two segments, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods. The company offers cannabis flower; processed and packaged products, including pre-rolls, concentrates, vapes, capsules, tinctures, edibles, topicals, and other cannabis-related products under the &Shine, Beboe, Dogwalkers, Doctor Solomon’s, Good Green, incredibles, and RHYTHM brands. It distributes its products primarily to third-party retail customers and sells finished products directly to consumers in its own retail stores, as well as direct-to consumer delivery channel. Green Thumb Industries Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

About African Agriculture

African Agriculture Holdings Inc., through its subsidiary Les Fermes de la Teranga SA, develops commercial farming business focusing on the production and sale of alfalfa for cattle feed and nutrition purposes in Africa. The company is based in New York, New York. African Agriculture Holdings Inc. is a subsidiary of Global Commodities & Investments Ltd.