CRON vs. PBH, BHC, AUP, CARA, TLRY, SLS, TEV, ABT, NOT, and PYR
Should you be buying Cronos Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cronos Group include Premium Brands (PBH), Bausch Health Companies (BHC), Aurinia Pharmaceuticals (AUP), Cara Operations (CARA), Tilray Brands (TLRY), Solaris Resources (SLS), Tervita (TEV), Absolute Software Co. (ABT.TO) (ABT), Noront Resources (NOT), and PyroGenesis Canada Inc. (PYR.V) (PYR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Cronos Group vs.
Premium Brands (TSE:PBH) and Cronos Group (TSE:CRON) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Premium Brands had 2 more articles in the media than Cronos Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Premium Brands and 0 mentions for Cronos Group. Premium Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Cronos Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Premium Brands has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cronos Group has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Premium Brands received 349 more outperform votes than Cronos Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.15% of users gave Premium Brands an outperform vote while only 50.74% of users gave Cronos Group an outperform vote.
Premium Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Cronos Group. Cronos Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Premium Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
42.9% of Premium Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of Cronos Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Premium Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.4% of Cronos Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Premium Brands currently has a consensus price target of C$103.11, suggesting a potential upside of 32.89%. Cronos Group has a consensus price target of C$3.54, suggesting a potential upside of 27.34%. Given Premium Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Premium Brands is more favorable than Cronos Group.
Premium Brands has a net margin of 1.55% compared to Cronos Group's net margin of -42.65%. Premium Brands' return on equity of 5.66% beat Cronos Group's return on equity.
Summary
Premium Brands beats Cronos Group on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:CRON) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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