APS vs. RVX, ATE, AEZS, MBX, BCT, HBP, and TH
Should you be buying Aptose Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aptose Biosciences include Resverlogix (RVX), Antibe Therapeutics (ATE), Aeterna Zentaris (AEZS), Microbix Biosystems (MBX), BriaCell Therapeutics (BCT), Helix BioPharma (HBP), and Theratechnologies (TH). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.
Aptose Biosciences (TSE:APS) and Resverlogix (TSE:RVX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Resverlogix received 98 more outperform votes than Aptose Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.01% of users gave Resverlogix an outperform vote while only 72.11% of users gave Aptose Biosciences an outperform vote.
9.8% of Aptose Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.2% of Aptose Biosciences shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.2% of Resverlogix shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Resverlogix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aptose Biosciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aptose Biosciences has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Resverlogix has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Aptose Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Resverlogix'saverage media sentiment score.
Resverlogix's return on equity of 0.00% beat Aptose Biosciences' return on equity.
Summary
Resverlogix beats Aptose Biosciences on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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