APTA vs. OKYO, SAR, AREC, AOR, RLM, POLB, NSCI, IXI, OBD, and OPTI
Should you be buying Aptamer Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aptamer Group include OKYO Pharma (OKYO), Sareum (SAR), Arecor Therapeutics (AREC), AorTech International (AOR), Realm Therapeutics (RLM), Poolbeg Pharma (POLB), NetScientific (NSCI), IXICO (IXI), Oxford BioDynamics (OBD), and OptiBiotix Health (OPTI). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.
Aptamer Group vs. Its Competitors
OKYO Pharma (LON:OKYO) and Aptamer Group (LON:APTA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
OKYO Pharma has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aptamer Group's net margin of -343.95%. Aptamer Group's return on equity of -205.63% beat OKYO Pharma's return on equity.
In the previous week, OKYO Pharma's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aptamer Group'saverage media sentiment score.
OKYO Pharma has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aptamer Group. Aptamer Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OKYO Pharma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
11.7% of Aptamer Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.9% of OKYO Pharma shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Aptamer Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
OKYO Pharma has a beta of -0.06, meaning that its share price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptamer Group has a beta of -0.52, meaning that its share price is 152% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
OKYO Pharma and Aptamer Group tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:APTA) was last updated on 8/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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