Avacta Group (AVCT) Competitors

Avacta Group (LON:AVCT) and Ergomed (LON:ERGO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate AVCT or ERGO?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avacta Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Ergomed	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AVCT or ERGO?

Ergomed has higher revenue and earnings than Avacta Group. Avacta Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ergomed, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avacta Group	£22.62M	8.55	-£25.89M	-£0.09	-600.00
Ergomed	£152.09M	4.61	£15M	£0.29	4,641.38

Which has more volatility and risk, AVCT or ERGO?

Avacta Group has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ergomed has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AVCT or ERGO?

Ergomed received 30 more outperform votes than Avacta Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.63% of users gave Ergomed an outperform vote while only 67.30% of users gave Avacta Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avacta Group	Outperform Votes 212 67.30%	Underperform Votes 103 32.70%
Ergomed	Outperform Votes 242 75.63%	Underperform Votes 78 24.38%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AVCT or ERGO?

10.2% of Avacta Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.1% of Ergomed shares are held by institutional investors. 32.9% of Avacta Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.2% of Ergomed shares are held by company 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.

Is AVCT or ERGO more profitable?

Ergomed has a net margin of 9.87% compared to Avacta Group's net margin of -114.45%. Ergomed's return on equity of 18.08% beat Avacta Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avacta Group	-114.45%	-73.02%	-21.80%
Ergomed	9.87%	18.08%	10.16%

Does the media prefer AVCT or ERGO?

In the previous week, Avacta Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Ergomed's score of 0.00 indicating that Avacta Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Avacta Group	Positive
Ergomed	Neutral

Summary

Ergomed beats Avacta Group on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.