GNS vs. ONT, PRTC, SPI, CRW, UPR, AMS, BMK, MXCT, INDV, and HCM
Should you be buying Genus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genus include Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT), PureTech Health (PRTC), Spire Healthcare Group (SPI), Craneware (CRW), Uniphar (UPR), Advanced Medical Solutions Group (AMS), Benchmark (BMK), MaxCyte (MXCT), Indivior (INDV), and HUTCHMED (HCM). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Genus (LON:GNS) and Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
78.2% of Genus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of Oxford Nanopore Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Genus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.1% of Oxford Nanopore Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Genus received 323 more outperform votes than Oxford Nanopore Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Oxford Nanopore Technologies an outperform vote while only 70.56% of users gave Genus an outperform vote.
Genus has a net margin of 4.96% compared to Oxford Nanopore Technologies' net margin of -91.06%. Genus' return on equity of 5.27% beat Oxford Nanopore Technologies' return on equity.
Genus has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Nanopore Technologies has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Oxford Nanopore Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Genus. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Oxford Nanopore Technologies and 0 mentions for Genus. Oxford Nanopore Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Genus' score of 0.00 indicating that Oxford Nanopore Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Genus currently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,500, suggesting a potential upside of 152.24%. Oxford Nanopore Technologies has a consensus price target of GBX 303.75, suggesting a potential upside of 185.48%. Given Oxford Nanopore Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Oxford Nanopore Technologies is more favorable than Genus.
Genus has higher revenue and earnings than Oxford Nanopore Technologies. Oxford Nanopore Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Genus beats Oxford Nanopore Technologies on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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