No. 2. Runner-up. Second fiddle. All these terms have applied to Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB) over the past couple of years. Even as the Canadian marijuana producer made one acquisition after another to fuel growth, it seemed to still always trail behind one other company. That company, of course, is Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC).

But Aurora has stepped into the limelight more than ever in 2019. Its stock has outperformed all of its peers — including Canopy Growth — so far this year. Cowen analyst Vivien Azer replaced Canopy Growth with Aurora as her top pick among marijuana stocks.

There’s a strong argument to be made that Aurora Cannabis is now a better pot stock than Canopy Growth. Here are three reasons that’s the case, along with one big reason Aurora still doesn’t beat Canopy.

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