Ascend Wellness (OTCMKTS:AAWH – Get Free Report) and Nexentis Technologies (NASDAQ:NXTS – Get Free Report) are both small-cap healthcare companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares Ascend Wellness and Nexentis Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ascend Wellness | -23.31% | N/A | -10.85% |
| Nexentis Technologies | N/A | -304.79% | -178.91% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Ascend Wellness and Nexentis Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ascend Wellness | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Nexentis Technologies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
17.3% of Ascend Wellness shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of Nexentis Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.9% of Ascend Wellness shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Nexentis Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Ascend Wellness and Nexentis Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ascend Wellness | $500.58 million | 0.15 | -$118.19 million | ($0.57) | -0.65 |
| Nexentis Technologies | $210,000.00 | 3.32 | -$4.00 million | ($96.07) | -0.01 |
Nexentis Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ascend Wellness. Ascend Wellness is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nexentis Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
Ascend Wellness has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexentis Technologies has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
About Ascend Wellness
Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. engages in the cultivation, manufacture, and distribution of cannabis consumer packaged goods in the United States. The company offers flower, pre-rolls, concentrates, vapes, edibles, tinctures, and other cannabis-related products under the Common Goods, SimplyHerb, Ozone, Ozone Reserve, Royale, Tunnel Vision, Miss Grass, Lowell Smokes, Edie Parker, 1906, and AiroPro brands. It also owns, operates, and manages cannabis cultivation facilities and dispensaries. The company sells its products through company-owned retail stores and third-party licensed retail cannabis stores. Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About Nexentis Technologies
N2OFF, Inc., an agri-food tech company, engages in the development and sale of eco-friendly green solutions for the food industry to enhance food safety and shelf life of fresh produce. Its products are based on proprietary blend of food acids combined with various oxidizing agent-based sanitizers and low concentrated fungicides for cleaning, sanitizing, and controlling pathogens on fresh produce that are safer for human consumption and extend their shelf life by reducing their decay. The company’s products include SavePROTECT or PeroStar, a processing aid for post-harvest application that is added to fruit and vegetable wash water; and SF3HS and SF3H, a post-harvest cleaning and sanitizing solution to control plant and foodborne pathogens. It also offers SpuDefender for controlling post-harvest potato sprouts; and FreshProtect to control spoilage-creating microorganisms on post-harvest citrus fruit. The company was formerly known as Save Foods, Inc. and changed its name to N2OFF, Inc. in March 2024. N2OFF, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Hod HaSharon, Israel.
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