LABS vs. CWEB, MDP, WLLW, VPH, HLS, APS, MBX, and BCT
Should you be buying MediPharm Labs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MediPharm Labs include Charlotte's Web (CWEB), Medexus Pharmaceuticals (MDP), Willow Biosciences (WLLW), Valeo Pharma (VPH), HLS Therapeutics (HLS), Aptose Biosciences (APS), Microbix Biosystems (MBX), and BriaCell Therapeutics (BCT). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
MediPharm Labs (TSE:LABS) and Charlotte's Web (TSE:CWEB) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
MediPharm Labs has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Charlotte's Web. MediPharm Labs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Charlotte's Web, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MediPharm Labs has a net margin of -39.57% compared to Charlotte's Web's net margin of -52.37%. MediPharm Labs' return on equity of -24.00% beat Charlotte's Web's return on equity.
MediPharm Labs has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charlotte's Web has a beta of 2.23, meaning that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Charlotte's Web had 2 more articles in the media than MediPharm Labs. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Charlotte's Web and 0 mentions for MediPharm Labs. MediPharm Labs' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Charlotte's Web's score of -0.01 indicating that MediPharm Labs is being referred to more favorably in the media.
0.7% of MediPharm Labs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.6% of Charlotte's Web shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of MediPharm Labs shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of Charlotte's Web shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MediPharm Labs received 25 more outperform votes than Charlotte's Web when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.79% of users gave MediPharm Labs an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Charlotte's Web an outperform vote.
Summary
MediPharm Labs beats Charlotte's Web on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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