ACB vs. CRON, THCX, DHT.UN, WEED, GUD, CPH, OGI, SUGR, FIRE, and EPI
Should you be buying Aurora Cannabis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aurora Cannabis include Cronos Group (CRON), Hydropothecary (THCX), DRI Healthcare Trust (DHT.UN), Canopy Growth (WEED), Knight Therapeutics (GUD), Cipher Pharmaceuticals (CPH), Organigram (OGI), SugarBud Craft Growers (SUGR), Supreme Cannabis (FIRE), and ESSA Pharma (EPI). These companies are all part of the "drug manufacturers - specialty & generic" industry.
Aurora Cannabis vs. Its Competitors
Cronos Group (TSE:CRON) and Aurora Cannabis (TSE:ACB) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Aurora Cannabis has a consensus target price of C$8.75, suggesting a potential upside of 19.21%. Given Aurora Cannabis' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aurora Cannabis is more favorable than Cronos Group.
In the previous week, Cronos Group had 1 more articles in the media than Aurora Cannabis. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Cronos Group and 1 mentions for Aurora Cannabis. Aurora Cannabis' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Cronos Group's score of 0.67 indicating that Aurora Cannabis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cronos Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aurora Cannabis. Aurora Cannabis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cronos Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aurora Cannabis has a net margin of -22.55% compared to Cronos Group's net margin of -42.65%. Cronos Group's return on equity of -4.40% beat Aurora Cannabis' return on equity.
Cronos Group has a beta of 1.299122, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aurora Cannabis has a beta of 1.087815, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
4.5% of Cronos Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of Aurora Cannabis shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.4% of Cronos Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Cronos Group and Aurora Cannabis tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:ACB) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
