Cronos Group (CRON) Competitors

Cronos Group (TSE:CRON) and Bausch Health Companies (TSE:BHC) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRON or BHC?

Cronos Group received 30 more outperform votes than Bausch Health Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.93% of users gave Bausch Health Companies an outperform vote while only 50.74% of users gave Cronos Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cronos Group	Outperform Votes 69 50.74%	Underperform Votes 67 49.26%
Bausch Health Companies	Outperform Votes 39 63.93%	Underperform Votes 22 36.07%

Does the media prefer CRON or BHC?

In the previous week, Cronos Group had 2 more articles in the media than Bausch Health Companies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Cronos Group and 0 mentions for Bausch Health Companies. Cronos Group's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Bausch Health Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that Cronos Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cronos Group	Neutral
Bausch Health Companies	Neutral

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CRON or BHC?

Cronos Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bausch Health Companies. Cronos Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bausch Health Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cronos Group	C$101.78M	10.74	-C$57.37M	-C$0.21	-13.62
Bausch Health Companies	C$9.20B	0.48	-C$471M	-C$1.75	-6.85

Do analysts rate CRON or BHC?

Cronos Group presently has a consensus price target of C$3.18, suggesting a potential upside of 11.19%. Bausch Health Companies has a consensus price target of C$9.00, suggesting a potential downside of 24.87%. Given Cronos Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Cronos Group is more favorable than Bausch Health Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cronos Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Bausch Health Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is CRON or BHC more profitable?

Bausch Health Companies has a net margin of -5.12% compared to Cronos Group's net margin of -56.43%. Cronos Group's return on equity of -5.29% beat Bausch Health Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cronos Group	-56.43%	-5.29%	-3.73%
Bausch Health Companies	-5.12%	-2,304.54%	4.16%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CRON or BHC?

16.0% of Cronos Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.0% of Bausch Health Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 46.4% of Cronos Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Bausch Health Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, CRON or BHC?

Cronos Group has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bausch Health Companies has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cronos Group beats Bausch Health Companies on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.