EKSO vs. ACST, BIOR, JAN, MRM, NNVC, UBX, NKGN, ONCT, ENLV, and ITRM
Should you be buying Ekso Bionics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ekso Bionics include Acasti Pharma (ACST), Biora Therapeutics (BIOR), JanOne (JAN), MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies (MRM), NanoViricides (NNVC), Unity Biotechnology (UBX), NKGen Biotech (NKGN), Oncternal Therapeutics (ONCT), Enlivex Therapeutics (ENLV), and Iterum Therapeutics (ITRM). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Acasti Pharma (NASDAQ:ACST) and Ekso Bionics (NASDAQ:EKSO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
6.1% of Acasti Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Ekso Bionics shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.5% of Acasti Pharma shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of Ekso Bionics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ekso Bionics has higher revenue and earnings than Acasti Pharma. Ekso Bionics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acasti Pharma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ekso Bionics received 7 more outperform votes than Acasti Pharma when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.52% of users gave Acasti Pharma an outperform vote while only 57.50% of users gave Ekso Bionics an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Acasti Pharma had 1 more articles in the media than Ekso Bionics. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Acasti Pharma and 0 mentions for Ekso Bionics. Ekso Bionics' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Acasti Pharma's score of 0.00 indicating that Acasti Pharma is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Acasti Pharma has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ekso Bionics has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Acasti Pharma has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Acasti Pharma's net margin of -79.48%. Ekso Bionics' return on equity of -13.18% beat Acasti Pharma's return on equity.
Acasti Pharma presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 123.05%. Ekso Bionics has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 635.29%. Given Acasti Pharma's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ekso Bionics is more favorable than Acasti Pharma.
Summary
Acasti Pharma beats Ekso Bionics on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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