Financial Review: TerrAscend (OTCMKTS:TSNDF) & Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:ORIS)

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

Insider and Institutional 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

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

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

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares and TerrAscend, as reported by MarketBeat.

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

Profitability

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

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

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.

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.