BCEL vs. GOVX, EVOK, ZVSA, SEEL, PHAS, LGVN, SNGX, ENSC, PTPI, and CYCC
Should you be buying Atreca stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atreca include GeoVax Labs (GOVX), Evoke Pharma (EVOK), ZyVersa Therapeutics (ZVSA), Seelos Therapeutics (SEEL), PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals (PHAS), Longeveron (LGVN), Soligenix (SNGX), Ensysce Biosciences (ENSC), Petros Pharmaceuticals (PTPI), and Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals (CYCC). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Atreca (NASDAQ:BCEL) and GeoVax Labs (NASDAQ:GOVX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, GeoVax Labs had 5 more articles in the media than Atreca. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for GeoVax Labs and 0 mentions for Atreca. GeoVax Labs' average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Atreca's score of 0.00 indicating that GeoVax Labs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
GeoVax Labs has a consensus price target of $120.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6,958.82%. Given GeoVax Labs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GeoVax Labs is more favorable than Atreca.
GeoVax Labs has higher revenue and earnings than Atreca.
37.5% of Atreca shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.1% of GeoVax Labs shares are held by institutional investors. 11.3% of Atreca shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of GeoVax Labs shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Atreca's return on equity of -157.90% beat GeoVax Labs' return on equity.
Atreca has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GeoVax Labs has a beta of 2.91, suggesting that its stock price is 191% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Atreca received 84 more outperform votes than GeoVax Labs when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 91.67% of users gave GeoVax Labs an outperform vote while only 67.86% of users gave Atreca an outperform vote.
Summary
GeoVax Labs beats Atreca on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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