FLGT vs. GTH, FTRE, VCYT, CDNA, VRDN, CSTL, CELC, SERA, BDSX, and BNR
Should you be buying Fulgent Genetics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fulgent Genetics include Genetron (GTH), Fortrea (FTRE), Veracyte (VCYT), CareDx (CDNA), Viridian Therapeutics (VRDN), Castle Biosciences (CSTL), Celcuity (CELC), Sera Prognostics (SERA), Biodesix (BDSX), and Burning Rock Biotech (BNR).
Genetron (NASDAQ:GTH) and Fulgent Genetics (NASDAQ:FLGT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Genetron has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fulgent Genetics has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Genetron has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Genetron's net margin of -57.72%. Fulgent Genetics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Genetron's return on equity.
Genetron has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fulgent Genetics.
10.7% of Genetron shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.1% of Fulgent Genetics shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.7% of Fulgent Genetics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Fulgent Genetics has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.88%. Given Genetron's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fulgent Genetics is more favorable than Genetron.
Fulgent Genetics received 242 more outperform votes than Genetron when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.70% of users gave Fulgent Genetics an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Genetron an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Fulgent Genetics had 3 more articles in the media than Genetron. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Fulgent Genetics and 0 mentions for Genetron. Genetron's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Fulgent Genetics' score of 0.00 indicating that Fulgent Genetics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Fulgent Genetics beats Genetron on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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