OXB vs. BVXP, HVO, AVCT, 4BB, FARN, FUM, SCLP, PRTC, ONT, and NIOX
Should you be buying Oxford Biomedica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Biomedica include Bioventix (BVXP), hVIVO (HVO), Avacta Group (AVCT), 4basebio (4BB), Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (FARN), Futura Medical (FUM), Scancell (SCLP), PureTech Health (PRTC), Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT), and NIOX Group (NIOX). 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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Bioventix has a net margin of 63.73% compared to Bioventix's net margin of -51.78%. Oxford Biomedica's return on equity of 79.14% beat Bioventix's return on equity.
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.
Bioventix has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Biomedica has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bioventix had 5 more articles in the media than Oxford Biomedica. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Bioventix and 0 mentions for Oxford Biomedica. Oxford Biomedica's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Bioventix's score of -0.14 indicating that Bioventix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Oxford Biomedica has a consensus target price of GBX 498.75, suggesting a potential upside of 52.06%. Given Bioventix's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Oxford Biomedica is more favorable than Bioventix.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of Oxford Biomedica shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock 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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