Varex Imaging (NASDAQ:VREX) and Organigram Global (NASDAQ:OGI) Head-To-Head Contrast

Organigram Global (NASDAQ:OGI) and Varex Imaging (NASDAQ:VREX) are both small-cap healthcare companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Risk & Volatility

Organigram Global has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Varex Imaging has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Organigram Global and Varex Imaging, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Organigram Global	1	0	2	0	2.33
Varex Imaging	0	7	0	0	2.00

Varex Imaging has a consensus price target of $16.88, suggesting a potential downside of 8.73%. Given Varex Imaging’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Varex Imaging is more favorable than Organigram Global.

Profitability

This table compares Organigram Global and Varex Imaging’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Organigram Global	28.14%	-13.39%	-8.67%
Varex Imaging	2.55%	9.19%	4.13%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

34.6% of Organigram Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Organigram Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Varex Imaging shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Organigram Global and Varex Imaging”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Organigram Global	$185.07 million	0.85	-$17.70 million	$0.46	2.43
Varex Imaging	$844.60 million	0.92	-$70.30 million	$0.52	35.56

Organigram Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Varex Imaging. Organigram Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Varex Imaging, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Varex Imaging beats Organigram Global on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Organigram Global

Organigram Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the production and sale of cannabis and cannabis-derived products in Canada. It offers medical cannabis products, including whole flower, milled flower, pre-rolls, infused pre-rolls, vapes, gummies, and concentrates for medical retailers; adult use recreational cannabis under the SHRED, Holy Mountain, Big Bag O' Buds, Monjour, Trailblazer, SHRED'ems, Edison Cannabis Co., Edison JOLTS, Tremblant, and Laurentian brands. The company also engages in the wholesale shipping of cannabis plant cuttings, dried flowers, blends, pre-rolls, and cannabis derivative-based products to retailers and wholesalers for adult-use recreational cannabis. It sells its products through online, as well as consumer channels. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About Varex Imaging

Varex Imaging Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells X-ray imaging components. The company operates through two segments, Medical and Industrial. The Medical segment designs, manufactures, sells, and services X-ray imaging components, comprising X-ray tubes, digital detectors and accessories, ionization chambers, high voltage connectors, image-processing software and workstations, 3D reconstruction software, computer-aided diagnostic software, collimators, automatic exposure control devices, generators, and heat exchangers. This segment's products are used in a range of applications, including CT, mammography, oncology, cardiac, surgery, dental, and other diagnostic radiography uses. The Industrial segment designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and services Linatron X-ray linear accelerators, X-ray tubes, digital detectors, high voltage connectors, and coolers for use in security and inspection applications, such as baggage screening at airports, cargo screening at ports and borders, and nondestructive testing, irradiation, and inspection in various applications. The company sells its products through imaging system original equipment manufacturers, independent service companies, and distributors, as well as directly to end-users. It has operations in North America, South America, Europe, Russia, the Middle East, India, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Varex Imaging Corporation was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.