NUVB vs. NRIX, BCYC, ANAB, MLYS, DNTH, WVE, PAHC, CVAC, SVRA, and SLN
Should you be buying Nuvation Bio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nuvation Bio include Nurix Therapeutics (NRIX), Bicycle Therapeutics (BCYC), AnaptysBio (ANAB), Mineralys Therapeutics (MLYS), Dianthus Therapeutics (DNTH), Wave Life Sciences (WVE), Phibro Animal Health (PAHC), CureVac (CVAC), Savara (SVRA), and Silence Therapeutics (SLN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Nuvation Bio (NYSE:NUVB) and Nurix Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NRIX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
Nuvation Bio has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Nurix Therapeutics' net margin of -178.93%. Nuvation Bio's return on equity of -11.31% beat Nurix Therapeutics' return on equity.
Nuvation Bio currently has a consensus price target of $6.60, indicating a potential upside of 98.80%. Nurix Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $21.88, indicating a potential upside of 31.86%. Given Nuvation Bio's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Nuvation Bio is more favorable than Nurix Therapeutics.
61.7% of Nuvation Bio shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.1% of Nuvation Bio shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Nurix Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Nuvation Bio has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nurix Therapeutics. Nuvation Bio is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nurix Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nurix Therapeutics received 19 more outperform votes than Nuvation Bio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.09% of users gave Nuvation Bio an outperform vote while only 71.43% of users gave Nurix Therapeutics an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Nurix Therapeutics had 5 more articles in the media than Nuvation Bio. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Nurix Therapeutics and 13 mentions for Nuvation Bio. Nuvation Bio's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Nurix Therapeutics' score of 0.18 indicating that Nuvation Bio is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nuvation Bio has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nurix Therapeutics has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nuvation Bio beats Nurix Therapeutics on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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