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Futura Medical (FUM) Competitors

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FUM vs. HZD, VRP, ARIX, BVXP, FARN, AVCT, 4BB, CIR, HVO, and TILS

Should you be buying Futura Medical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Futura Medical include Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) (HZD), Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L) (VRP), Arix Bioscience (ARIX), Bioventix (BVXP), Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (FARN), Avacta Group (AVCT), 4basebio (4BB), Circassia Group (CIR), hVIVO (HVO), and Tiziana Life Sciences (TILS). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Futura Medical vs.

Futura Medical (LON:FUM) and Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) (LON:HZD) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

35.7% of Futura Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.1% of Futura Medical shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Futura Medical's net margin of -44.68%. Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat Futura Medical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Futura Medical-44.68% -47.43% -26.59%
Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) N/A N/A N/A

Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) has higher revenue and earnings than Futura Medical. Futura Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Futura Medical£8.40M11.48-£3.75M-£0.01-3,190.00
Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L)£54.63M0.00N/A-£5.50N/A

In the previous week, Futura Medical had 1 more articles in the media than Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L). MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Futura Medical and 0 mentions for Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L). Futura Medical's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Futura Medical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Futura Medical Positive
Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) Neutral

Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) received 275 more outperform votes than Futura Medical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.52% of users gave Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) an outperform vote while only 64.36% of users gave Futura Medical an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Futura MedicalOutperform Votes
186
64.36%
Underperform Votes
103
35.64%
Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L)Outperform Votes
461
73.52%
Underperform Votes
166
26.48%

Summary

Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) beats Futura Medical on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FUM vs. The Competition

MetricFutura MedicalBiotechnology IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£96.47M£164.65M£5.13B£1.82B
Dividend Yield4.55%3.64%5.08%10.55%
P/E Ratio-3,190.00115.5189.741,750.98
Price / Sales11.4818,239.951,116.12371,908.98
Price / Cash20.4312.7542.8227.69
Price / Book10.638.504.772.87
Net Income-£3.75M-£20.67M£120.15M£154.63M
7 Day Performance-3.84%-1.04%-1.92%-1.89%
1 Month Performance-3.79%136.65%11.47%17.22%
1 Year Performance23.64%137.57%30.52%28.44%

Futura Medical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FUM
Futura Medical
N/AGBX 31.90
-2.6%
N/A+23.6%£96.47M£8.40M-3,190.0012News Coverage
HZD
Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L)
N/AGBX 184.50
flat
N/AN/A£302.98M£54.63M-33.55416
VRP
Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£228MN/A-1.6822News Coverage
Gap Up
ARIX
Arix Bioscience
N/AN/AN/AN/A£183.73M£14.16M1,290.919
BVXP
Bioventix
N/AGBX 3,480.21
+0.7%
N/A-23.7%£181.67M£13.60M2,135.1012
FARN
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy
N/AN/AN/A-45.8%£175.45M£-725,000.00-524.0634
AVCT
Avacta Group
N/AGBX 45.75
+6.4%
N/A-57.2%£163.92M£22.62M-513.33120News Coverage
Negative News
4BB
4basebio
N/AGBX 1,210
+2.1%
N/A+68.1%£155.00M£311,000.00-1,519.23101Positive News
CIR
Circassia Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£142.66M£27.90M3,400.00111News Coverage
Gap Down
HVO
hVIVO
N/AGBX 20.75
-3.5%
N/A-12.3%£141.18M£67.21M723.33N/ANews Coverage
Negative News
TILS
Tiziana Life Sciences
N/AGBX 58.50
+8.3%
N/AN/A£113.85M£-3,595,000.00-3.5911

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This page (LON:FUM) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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