Reviewing Envista (NYSE:NVST) and TREES (OTCMKTS:CANN)

Envista (NYSE:NVST) and TREES (OTCMKTS:CANN) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Envista and TREES, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Envista	0	7	7	1	2.60
TREES	0	0	0	0	0.00

Envista currently has a consensus price target of $27.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.21%. Given Envista’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Envista is more favorable than TREES.

Profitability

This table compares Envista and TREES’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Envista	1.73%	6.54%	3.60%
TREES	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Envista and TREES”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Envista	$2.72 billion	1.57	$47.00 million	$0.28	93.31
TREES	$13.66 million	0.27	-$3.48 million	($0.02)	-1.63

Envista has higher revenue and earnings than TREES. TREES is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Envista, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Envista has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TREES has a beta of -0.65, indicating that its share price is 165% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

11.3% of TREES shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Envista shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 45.0% of TREES shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Envista beats TREES on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Envista

Envista Holdings Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells dental products in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Specialty Products & Technologies, and Equipment & Consumables. The Specialty Products & Technologies segment offers dental implant systems, guided surgery systems, biomaterials, and prefabricated and custom-built prosthetics to oral surgeons, prosthodontists and periodontists, and general dentist; and brackets and wires, tubes and bands, archwires, clear aligners, digital orthodontic treatments, retainers, and other orthodontic laboratory products. This segment also provides software packages, which include DTX Studio Implant; DTX Studio Lab; and DTX Studio Clinic, a software package offered with its imaging products. It offers its products under the Nobel Biocare, Alpha-Bio Tec, Implant Direct, Nobel Procera, Ormco, Spark, Orascoptic, Damon, Insignia, AOA brands. The Equipment & Consumables segment provides dental equipment and supplies, including digital imaging systems, software, and other visualization/magnification systems; endodontic systems and related products; restorative materials, rotary burs, impression materials, bonding agents, and cements; and infection prevention products. This segment offers its products under the Dexis, DTX Studio, Kerr, Metrex, Total Care, Pentron, Optibond, Harmonize, Sonicfill, Sybron Endo, and CaviWipes to dental offices, clinics, and hospitals. Envista Holdings Corporation was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Brea, California.

About TREES

Trees Corporation provides products and services to the regulated cannabis industry in the United States. The company operates through Retail and Cultivation segments. It operates a licensed 17,000 square foot light deprivation greenhouse cultivation facility; and retail dispensary store in Englewood, Colorado, as well as retail stores in Portland, Oregon. The company was formerly known as General Cannabis Corp. and changed its name to Trees Corporation in June 2022. Trees Corporation was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Lakewood, Colorado.