Analyzing China Liberal Education (OTCMKTS:CLEUF) and Ascend Wellness (OTC:AAWH)

China Liberal Education (OTCMKTS:CLEUF) and Ascend Wellness (OTC:AAWH) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

China Liberal Education has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ascend Wellness has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for China Liberal Education and Ascend Wellness, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
China Liberal Education	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ascend Wellness	1	0	0	0	1.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares China Liberal Education and Ascend Wellness”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
China Liberal Education	$2.89 million	0.21	-$4.96 million	N/A	N/A
Ascend Wellness	$518.59 million	0.28	-$48.21 million	($0.42)	-1.69

China Liberal Education has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ascend Wellness.

Profitability

This table compares China Liberal Education and Ascend Wellness’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
China Liberal Education	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ascend Wellness	-15.47%	-72.18%	-9.55%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

22.2% of China Liberal Education shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.3% of Ascend Wellness shares are held by institutional investors. 25.7% of China Liberal Education shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Ascend Wellness shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

China Liberal Education beats Ascend Wellness on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About China Liberal Education

China Liberal Education Holdings Limited provides educational services and products under the China Liberal brand name in the People's Republic of China. The company offers Sino-foreign jointly managed academic programs, including undergraduate and postgraduate education; and diploma and non-degree higher education, and senior secondary education programs in the areas of languages, liberal arts, and businesses. It also provides overseas study consulting and technological consulting services for Chinese universities to enhance their campus information and data management system, as well as to optimize their teaching, operating, and management environment. The company's consulting services include campus intranet solution buildout, school management software customization, smart devices, installation and testing, and school management data collection and analysis. In addition, it sells textbooks and other course materials, and AI-space products to students enrolled under the Sino-foreign Jointly Managed Academic Programs, as well as offers job readiness training to graduating students. China Liberal Education Holdings Limited was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

About Ascend Wellness

Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. engages in the cultivation, manufacture, and distribution of cannabis consumer packaged goods in the United States. The company offers flower, pre-rolls, concentrates, vapes, edibles, tinctures, and other cannabis-related products under the Common Goods, SimplyHerb, Ozone, Ozone Reserve, Royale, Tunnel Vision, Miss Grass, Lowell Smokes, Edie Parker, 1906, and AiroPro brands. It also owns, operates, and manages cannabis cultivation facilities and dispensaries. The company sells its products through company-owned retail stores and third-party licensed retail cannabis stores. Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in New York, New York.