Financial Review: Aurora Cannabis (NASDAQ:ACB) versus Hero Technologies (OTCMKTS:HENC)

Aurora Cannabis (NASDAQ:ACB) and Hero Technologies (OTCMKTS:HENC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Aurora Cannabis and Hero Technologies’ revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aurora Cannabis	$200.35 million	1.28	-$48.62 million	($1.40)	-3.36
Hero Technologies	N/A	N/A	-$540,000.00	N/A	N/A

Hero Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aurora Cannabis.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Aurora Cannabis and Hero Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aurora Cannabis	0	0	1	0	3.00
Hero Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A

Profitability

This table compares Aurora Cannabis and Hero Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aurora Cannabis	-26.97%	-9.34%	-6.45%
Hero Technologies	N/A	N/A	-434.67%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

47.6% of Aurora Cannabis shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Aurora Cannabis shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Hero Technologies shares are owned by company 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.

Volatility & Risk

Aurora Cannabis has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hero Technologies has a beta of -0.3, indicating that its share price is 130% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Aurora Cannabis beats Hero Technologies on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Aurora Cannabis

Aurora Cannabis Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces, distributes, and sells cannabis and cannabis-derivative products in Canada and internationally. It operates through three segments: Canadian Cannabis, European Cannabis, and Plant Propagation. The company produces, distributes, and sells medical and consumer cannabis products in Canada. It is also involved in the distribution of wholesale medical cannabis in the European Union (EU); distribution of wholesale medical cannabis in various international markets, including Australia, the Caribbean, South America, and Israel; supply of propagated vegetables and ornamental plants in North America; and distribution and sale of hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) products. In addition, the company cultivates and sells dried cannabis, cannabis oils, capsules, edible cannabis, cannabis extracts, and soft gels, which are ingested in various ways, including smoking, vaporizing, and consumption in the form of oil, capsules, edibles, and extracts; and provides dried flowers, vapes, dried milled strains, strain-specific extracts, strain specific cannabis oils, and concentrates. Further, it offers recreational cannabis products, such as flowers, vapes, ingestibles, concentrates, extracts, and CBD products; and patient counseling and outreach services. The company's adult-use brand portfolio includes Aurora Drift, San Rafael '71, Daily Special, Whistler, Being, and Greybeard, as well as CBD brands, Reliva and KG7; and medical cannabis brands include MedReleaf, CanniMed, Aurora, Whistler Medical Marijuana Co, Pedanios, Bidiol, and CraftPlant. Aurora Cannabis Inc. is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

About Hero Technologies

Hero Technologies Inc. operates as an early-stage cannabis company. It focuses on the provision of BlackBox, an aeroponic cannabis cultivation system that provides optimal growing conditions to enhance photosynthesis and the cultivation of large flowering plants and create increased harvest efficiencies. The company also intends to offer cannabis genetic engineering farmland for medical and recreational cannabis cultivation, production, distribution, packaging, and retail operations, as well as for dispensaries. The company is based in Dover, Delaware.