Curaleaf (OTCMKTS:CURLF – Get Free Report) and Neuronetics (NASDAQ:STIM – Get Free Report) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
0.0% of Curaleaf shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of Neuronetics shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Neuronetics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Curaleaf and Neuronetics”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Curaleaf | $1.27 billion | 1.83 | -$231.07 million | ($0.04) | -248.75 |
| Neuronetics | $149.16 million | 1.27 | -$39.00 million | ($0.44) | -5.65 |
Neuronetics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Curaleaf. Curaleaf is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Neuronetics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Curaleaf and Neuronetics, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Curaleaf | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Neuronetics | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.60 |
Curaleaf currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential downside of 39.70%. Neuronetics has a consensus price target of $4.67, indicating a potential upside of 87.87%. Given Neuronetics’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Neuronetics is more favorable than Curaleaf.
Profitability
This table compares Curaleaf and Neuronetics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Curaleaf | -0.76% | 0.43% | 0.13% |
| Neuronetics | -14.45% | -103.12% | -16.80% |
Volatility & Risk
Curaleaf has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Neuronetics has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Curaleaf beats Neuronetics on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Curaleaf
Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. operates a cannabis operator in the United States. It operates through two segments, Domestic Operations and International Operations. The company offers flower, pre-rolls, flower pots, and dry-herb vaporizer cartridges; concentrates for vaporizing which includes pre-filled vaporizer cartridges and disposable vaporizer pens; and concentrates for dabbing, such as mints, distillate droppers, mints, topical balms and lotions, tinctures, lozenges, capsules, and edibles. It also provides hemp-based products and cannabinoids, such as cannabidiol and cannabigerol. In addition, the company engages in the cultivation, production, and sale of cannabis products through retail and wholesale channels. The company is headquartered in New York, New York.
About Neuronetics
Neuronetics, Inc., a commercial stage medical technology company, designs, develops, and markets products for patients with neurohealth disorders in the United States and internationally. The company offers NeuroStar Advanced Therapy System, a non-invasive and non-systemic office-based treatment to treat adult patients with major depressive disorder. Its NeuroStar Advanced Therapy System uses transcranial magnetic stimulation to create a pulsed, MRI-strength magnetic field that induces electrical currents designed to stimulate specific areas of the brain associated with mood. The company sells its products through its sales and customer support team to psychiatrists. The company was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
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