ACB vs. CRON, THCX, WEED, GUD, FIRE, OGI, EPI, CRDL, ICC, and CPH
Should you be buying Aurora Cannabis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aurora Cannabis include Cronos Group (CRON), Hydropothecary (THCX), Canopy Growth (WEED), Knight Therapeutics (GUD), Supreme Cannabis (FIRE), Organigram (OGI), ESSA Pharma (EPI), Cardiol Therapeutics (CRDL), ICC Labs (ICC), and Cipher Pharmaceuticals (CPH). These companies are all part of the "drug manufacturers - specialty & generic" industry.
Aurora Cannabis (TSE:ACB) and Cronos Group (TSE:CRON) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Aurora Cannabis has a net margin of 151.71% compared to Cronos Group's net margin of -61.31%. Cronos Group's return on equity of -4.99% beat Aurora Cannabis' return on equity.
Aurora Cannabis presently has a consensus price target of C$2.26, suggesting a potential downside of 73.11%. Cronos Group has a consensus price target of C$3.18, suggesting a potential downside of 10.17%. Given Cronos Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cronos Group is more favorable than Aurora Cannabis.
In the previous week, Cronos Group had 1 more articles in the media than Aurora Cannabis. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Cronos Group and 0 mentions for Aurora Cannabis. Cronos Group's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Aurora Cannabis' score of 0.80 indicating that Cronos Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aurora Cannabis has higher revenue and earnings than Cronos Group. Cronos Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aurora Cannabis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aurora Cannabis received 459 more outperform votes than Cronos Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.16% of users gave Aurora Cannabis an outperform vote while only 50.74% of users gave Cronos Group an outperform vote.
Aurora Cannabis has a beta of 2.65, suggesting that its stock price is 165% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cronos Group has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
9.0% of Aurora Cannabis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.9% of Cronos Group shares are held by institutional investors. 46.5% of Cronos Group shares are held by 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.
Summary
Aurora Cannabis and Cronos Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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