NCYT vs. IUG, IHC, CREO, EKF, VLG, SPEC, ETX, TRX, REDX, and AREC
Should you be buying Novacyt stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Novacyt include Intelligent Ultrasound Group (IUG), Inspiration Healthcare Group (IHC), Creo Medical Group (CREO), EKF Diagnostics (EKF), Venture Life Group (VLG), INSPECS Group (SPEC), e-therapeutics (ETX), Tissue Regenix Group (TRX), Redx Pharma (REDX), and Arecor Therapeutics (AREC). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Novacyt (LON:NCYT) and Intelligent Ultrasound Group (LON:IUG) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Novacyt's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Intelligent Ultrasound Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Intelligent Ultrasound Group has higher revenue and earnings than Novacyt. Intelligent Ultrasound Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Novacyt, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Novacyt has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Intelligent Ultrasound Group's net margin of -23.11%. Novacyt's return on equity of -21.08% beat Intelligent Ultrasound Group's return on equity.
0.1% of Novacyt shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.9% of Intelligent Ultrasound Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Novacyt shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of Intelligent Ultrasound Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Novacyt has a beta of -1.8, meaning that its share price is 280% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intelligent Ultrasound Group has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Novacyt received 36 more outperform votes than Intelligent Ultrasound Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Novacyt and Intelligent Ultrasound Group tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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