Head-To-Head Contrast: Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions (OTCMKTS:REFG) and OptimizeRx (NASDAQ:OPRX)

Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions (OTCMKTS:REFG) and OptimizeRx (NASDAQ:OPRX) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OptimizeRx has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions and OptimizeRx’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A
OptimizeRx	-23.10%	-6.96%	-5.53%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

76.5% of OptimizeRx shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of OptimizeRx shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions and OptimizeRx’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions	$140,000.00	N/A	-$30,000.00	N/A	N/A
OptimizeRx	$78.21 million	2.32	-$17.57 million	($1.02)	-9.73

Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than OptimizeRx.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions and OptimizeRx, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions	0	0	0	0	N/A
OptimizeRx	0	1	6	0	2.86

OptimizeRx has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 63.10%.

Summary

OptimizeRx beats Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions

Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions, Inc. develops and markets a payment system for medical cannabis transactions. Its solution assists in the state tracking of sales, collection of tax, and supervision of sales to consumers. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

About OptimizeRx

OptimizeRx Corporation, a digital health technology company, enables care-focused engagement between life sciences organizations, healthcare providers, and patients at critical junctures throughout the patient care journey. It offers various tech-enabled marketing solutions through its Artificial Intelligence-generated Dynamic Audience and Activation Platform, which enables customers to execute traditional marketing campaigns on its proprietary digital point-of-care network, as well as dynamic marketing campaigns that optimize audiences in real time to increase the value of treatment information for healthcare professionals and patients in response to clinical care events. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.