CDXC vs. ACB, MDWD, FTLF, CGC, BGXX, NAII, MTEX, HAPP, MNMD, and BTMD
Should you be buying ChromaDex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ChromaDex include Aurora Cannabis (ACB), MediWound (MDWD), FitLife Brands (FTLF), Canopy Growth (CGC), Bright Green (BGXX), Natural Alternatives International (NAII), Mannatech (MTEX), Happiness Development Group (HAPP), Mind Medicine (MindMed) (MNMD), and biote (BTMD). These companies are all part of the "medicinals & botanicals" industry.
Aurora Cannabis (NASDAQ:ACB) and ChromaDex (NASDAQ:CDXC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
ChromaDex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aurora Cannabis. ChromaDex 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 has a beta of 2.32, meaning that its share price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ChromaDex has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Aurora Cannabis had 1 more articles in the media than ChromaDex. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Aurora Cannabis and 4 mentions for ChromaDex. Aurora Cannabis' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat ChromaDex's score of -0.02 indicating that ChromaDex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ChromaDex has a consensus price target of $5.80, suggesting a potential upside of 66.67%. Given Aurora Cannabis' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ChromaDex is more favorable than Aurora Cannabis.
ChromaDex has a net margin of -5.91% compared to ChromaDex's net margin of -48.82%. Aurora Cannabis' return on equity of -17.81% beat ChromaDex's return on equity.
ChromaDex received 150 more outperform votes than Aurora Cannabis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.90% of users gave ChromaDex an outperform vote while only 59.44% of users gave Aurora Cannabis an outperform vote.
47.6% of Aurora Cannabis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.4% of ChromaDex shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Aurora Cannabis shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of ChromaDex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
ChromaDex beats Aurora Cannabis on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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