Tilray (TLRY) Competitors

Tilray (NASDAQ:TLRY) and Cronos Group (NASDAQ:CRON) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, TLRY or CRON?

Cronos Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tilray. Tilray is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cronos Group, 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
Tilray	$210.48M	1.95	-$244.98M	-$1.05	-0.39
Cronos Group	$124.59M	6.02	-$73.96M	$0.13	14.96

Do analysts recommend TLRY or CRON?

Tilray currently has a consensus target price of $1.92, suggesting a potential upside of 369.77%. Given Tilray's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Tilray is more favorable than Cronos Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tilray	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Cronos Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to TLRY or CRON?

In the previous week, Tilray had 3 more articles in the media than Cronos Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Tilray and 2 mentions for Cronos Group. Cronos Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Tilray's score of 0.63 indicating that Cronos Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tilray	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cronos Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TLRY or CRON more profitable?

Tilray has a net margin of -30.95% compared to Cronos Group's net margin of -42.65%. Cronos Group's return on equity of -2.56% beat Tilray's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tilray	-30.95%	-4.40%	-3.57%
Cronos Group	-42.65%	-2.56%	-2.47%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TLRY or CRON?

9.4% of Tilray shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.7% of Cronos Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Tilray shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Cronos Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TLRY or CRON?

Cronos Group received 16 more outperform votes than Tilray when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.13% of users gave Cronos Group an outperform vote while only 59.10% of users gave Tilray an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tilray	Outperform Votes 448 59.10%	Underperform Votes 310 40.90%
Cronos Group	Outperform Votes 464 61.13%	Underperform Votes 295 38.87%

Which has more volatility & risk, TLRY or CRON?

Tilray has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cronos Group has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tilray and Cronos Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.