Is CRON halal?
Cronos Group Inc. Common Share
Not halal
Cronos Group Inc. Common Share did not pass AAOIFI screening. The failed check is shown below.
Checked: 16 October 2026
Exchange
NASDAQ
Price
3.21
Day
+0.31%
Market cap
$1.20B
Industry
Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic
Sector
Healthcare
Manually identified reason
Automatic screening reads the industry label, not what's inside. This company's filings were checked by hand and a hidden prohibited activity was found:
Cannabis (Cronos Group)
What the company does
Cronos Group (Canada) produces cannabis (the Spinach brand, Israel and Germany markets); Altria (tobacco) is a major shareholder. Its money comes from cannabis sales.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
Cannabis (Cronos Group)
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
0.0%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
89.8%
Fail
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
27.3%
Fail
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- Not in the S&P 500
- Held by funds
- Not held by any tracked fund
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