BVXP vs. OXB, HVO, AVCT, 4BB, FUM, SCLP, FARN, PRTC, ONT, and TSTL
Should you be buying Bioventix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bioventix include Oxford Biomedica (OXB), hVIVO (HVO), Avacta Group (AVCT), 4basebio (4BB), Futura Medical (FUM), Scancell (SCLP), Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (FARN), PureTech Health (PRTC), Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT), and Tristel (TSTL). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Bioventix (LON:BVXP) and Oxford Biomedica (LON:OXB) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Bioventix has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Biomedica has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Oxford Biomedica received 266 more outperform votes than Bioventix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.79% of users gave Oxford Biomedica an outperform vote while only 52.87% of users gave Bioventix an outperform vote.
Bioventix has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Oxford Biomedica. Oxford Biomedica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bioventix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Oxford Biomedica has a consensus target price of GBX 498.75, suggesting a potential upside of 52.06%. Given Oxford Biomedica's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Oxford Biomedica is more favorable than Bioventix.
Bioventix has a net margin of 63.73% compared to Oxford Biomedica's net margin of -51.78%. Bioventix's return on equity of 79.14% beat Oxford Biomedica's return on equity.
In the previous week, Bioventix had 4 more articles in the media than Oxford Biomedica. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Bioventix and 1 mentions for Oxford Biomedica. Bioventix's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Oxford Biomedica's score of -0.14 indicating that Bioventix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
62.9% of Bioventix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.1% of Oxford Biomedica shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Bioventix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of Oxford Biomedica shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Bioventix beats Oxford Biomedica on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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