Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:ORIS) and Verano (OTCMKTS:VRNOF) Critical Survey

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares and Verano”s top-line 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	$15.01 million	1.28	$11.50 million	N/A	N/A
Verano	$938.45 million	0.26	-$117.35 million	($0.99)	-0.67

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

Profitability

This table compares Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares and Verano’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
Verano	-16.31%	-7.48%	-4.03%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares and Verano, as provided 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
Verano	0	1	0	2	3.33

Insider and Institutional Ownership

9.0% of Verano shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Verano shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

About Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares

Oriental Rise Holdings Ltd. engages in the cultivation, processing, and sale of tea leaves and tea products. Its segments include refined teas and processed teas. The company was founded by Chun Sun Wong, Wai Kwong Fong and Deming Zhou on January 25, 2019 and is headquartered in Ningde, China.

About Verano

Verano Holdings Corp. operates as a vertically integrated multi-state cannabis operator in the United States. The company engages in the cultivation, processing, wholesale, and retail distribution of cannabis in Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. It offers cannabis products under the Encore, Avexia, MUV, Savvy, BITS, and Verano brands for medical and adult-use markets. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.