Sharps Technology (NASDAQ:STSS) and TREES (OTCMKTS:CANN) Head-To-Head Review

Sharps Technology (NASDAQ:STSS) and TREES (OTCMKTS:CANN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

17.2% of Sharps Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.3% of TREES shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Sharps Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.0% of TREES shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Sharps Technology has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TREES has a beta of -0.48, indicating that its share price is 148% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sharps Technology	N/A	-84.26%	-79.52%
TREES	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Sharps Technology and TREES”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sharps Technology	$200,000.00	218.95	-$9.30 million	($831.83)	0.00
TREES	$13.66 million	0.22	-$3.48 million	($0.02)	-1.32

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Sharps Technology and TREES, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sharps Technology	1	0	0	0	1.00
TREES	0	0	0	0	0.00

Summary

TREES beats Sharps Technology on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sharps Technology

Sharps Technology, Inc., a medical device company, researches, designs, develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells safety syringe products in the United States. It offers Sharps Provensa, an ultra-low waste space syringe for the administration of various vaccines and injectable medications. Sharps Technology, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Melville, New York.

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.