ACB vs. CRON, THCX, DHT.UN, GUD, WEED, CPH, SUGR, OGI, 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), Knight Therapeutics (GUD), Canopy Growth (WEED), Cipher Pharmaceuticals (CPH), SugarBud Craft Growers (SUGR), Organigram (OGI), Supreme Cannabis (FIRE), and ESSA Pharma (EPI). These companies are all part of the "drug manufacturers - specialty & generic" industry.
Aurora Cannabis vs. Its Competitors
Aurora Cannabis (TSE:ACB) and Cronos Group (TSE:CRON) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
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.
Aurora Cannabis currently has a consensus price target of C$8.75, suggesting a potential upside of 29.44%. Given Aurora Cannabis' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Aurora Cannabis is more favorable than Cronos Group.
4.4% of Aurora Cannabis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of Cronos Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.4% of Cronos Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cronos Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, Cronos Group had 2 more articles in the media than Aurora Cannabis. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Cronos Group and 0 mentions for Aurora Cannabis. Cronos Group's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Aurora Cannabis' score of 0.00 indicating that Cronos Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aurora Cannabis has a beta of 1.200512, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cronos Group has a beta of 1.208662, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cronos Group beats Aurora Cannabis on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ACB) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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