Ayr Wellness (OTCMKTS:AYRWF – Get Free Report) and TriSalus Life Sciences (NASDAQ:TLSI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares Ayr Wellness and TriSalus Life Sciences’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ayr Wellness | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| TriSalus Life Sciences | -60.85% | N/A | -69.91% |
Risk & Volatility
Ayr Wellness has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriSalus Life Sciences has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ayr Wellness | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| TriSalus Life Sciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
TriSalus Life Sciences has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 106.04%. Given TriSalus Life Sciences’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TriSalus Life Sciences is more favorable than Ayr Wellness.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
0.9% of Ayr Wellness shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.6% of TriSalus Life Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Ayr Wellness shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of TriSalus Life Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Ayr Wellness and TriSalus Life Sciences”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ayr Wellness | $463.63 million | 0.00 | -$359.31 million | ($2.67) | -0.01 |
| TriSalus Life Sciences | $45.15 million | 4.95 | -$39.23 million | ($1.41) | -2.58 |
TriSalus Life Sciences has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ayr Wellness. TriSalus Life Sciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ayr Wellness, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
TriSalus Life Sciences beats Ayr Wellness on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Ayr Wellness
Ayr Wellness Inc. operates as a vertically-integrated multi-state cannabis operator that cultivates, manufactures, and retails cannabis products and branded cannabis packaged goods. It owns and operates a chain of cannabis retail stores under AYR, Liberty Health Sciences, and The Dispensary brand names. The company was formerly known as Ayr Strategies Inc. and changed its name to Ayr Wellness Inc. in February 2021. Ayr Wellness Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
About TriSalus Life Sciences
TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc., a medical technology company, researches, develops, and sells drug delivery technologies and immune-oncology therapeutics for the treatment of liver and pancreatic cancer. The company offers Pressure Enabled Drug Delivery infusion systems, such as the TriNav infusion system, which is used in transarterial radioembolization and chemoembolization procedures for patients with liver cancer and metastases; and the Pancreatic Retrograde Venous Infusion device, which is in Phase 1 clinical trial, for locally advanced pancreatic cancer. It also develops nelitolimod, an investigational immunotherapeutic in Phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of uveal melanoma with liver metastases, hepatocellular carcinoma, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, and locally advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. The company serves interventional radiologists, IR technicians, medical oncologists, nursing support, value analysis committee staff, and patients through its sales representatives and sales managers. TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Westminster, Colorado.
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