Critical Contrast: Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:ORIS) & TerrAscend (OTCMKTS:TSNDF)

TerrAscend (OTCMKTS:TSNDF) and Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:ORIS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for TerrAscend and Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TerrAscend	0	1	0	1	3.00
Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares	0	0	0	0	0.00

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares TerrAscend and Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TerrAscend	$317.33 million	0.53	-$95.54 million	N/A	N/A
Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares	$24.12 million	1.43	$11.50 million	N/A	N/A

Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TerrAscend.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

5.8% of TerrAscend shares are held by institutional investors. 31.9% of TerrAscend shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares TerrAscend and Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TerrAscend	-23.95%	-31.48%	-11.40%
Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares	N/A	N/A	N/A

About TerrAscend

TerrAscend Corp. cultivates, processes, and sells medical and adult use cannabis in Canada and the United States. The company produces and distributes hemp-derived wellness products to retail locations; and manufactures vaporizables, concentrates, topicals, tinctures and edibles. It also operates retail dispensaries under the Apothecarium and State Flower brand names. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

About Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares

Oriental Rise Holdings Limited engages in planting, cultivating, processing, and selling processed tea in Mainland China. It offers processed white tea, black tea, and refined tea products to wholesale distributors and end-user retail customers. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Ningde, China.