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Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) Competitors

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GBX 120.82 -1.28 (-1.05%)
As of 04/25/2025 11:57 AM Eastern

ONT vs. BTG, ABC, GNS, ERGO, SLN, PRTC, FARN, OXB, HZD, and VRP

Should you be buying Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Nanopore Technologies include BTG (BTG), Abcam (ABC), Genus (GNS), Ergomed (ERGO), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), PureTech Health (PRTC), Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (FARN), Oxford Biomedica (OXB), Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) (HZD), and Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L) (VRP). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies vs.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) and BTG (LON:BTG) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.

38.4% of Oxford Nanopore Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 32.6% of Oxford Nanopore Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies currently has a consensus target price of GBX 233.33, suggesting a potential upside of 93.12%. Given Oxford Nanopore Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Oxford Nanopore Technologies is more favorable than BTG.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Oxford Nanopore Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
BTG
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, BTG had 6 more articles in the media than Oxford Nanopore Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for BTG and 0 mentions for Oxford Nanopore Technologies. BTG's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Oxford Nanopore Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that BTG is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Neutral
BTG Neutral

BTG has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Oxford Nanopore Technologies' net margin of -94.82%. BTG's return on equity of 0.00% beat Oxford Nanopore Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Oxford Nanopore Technologies-94.82% -26.02% -14.42%
BTG N/A N/A N/A

BTG has higher revenue and earnings than Oxford Nanopore Technologies. Oxford Nanopore Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BTG, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Oxford Nanopore Technologies£184.78M6.21-£175.21M-£18.58-6.50
BTG£914.10M0.00N/A£28.50N/A

BTG received 585 more outperform votes than Oxford Nanopore Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Oxford Nanopore Technologies an outperform vote while only 73.95% of users gave BTG an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Oxford Nanopore TechnologiesOutperform Votes
34
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
BTGOutperform Votes
619
73.95%
Underperform Votes
218
26.05%

Summary

BTG beats Oxford Nanopore Technologies on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ONT vs. The Competition

MetricOxford Nanopore TechnologiesBiotechnology IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.15B£120.35M£5.44B£2.55B
Dividend YieldN/A3.69%5.43%4.83%
P/E Ratio-6.503.0022.14132.21
Price / Sales6.214,221.44389.70240,526.99
Price / Cash4.0413.0238.2028.16
Price / Book1.8034.746.664.51
Net Income-£175.21M-£90.45M£3.21B£5.83B
7 Day Performance4.20%4.06%6.16%8.58%
1 Month Performance16.51%-0.48%-2.86%6.38%
1 Year Performance24.69%88.73%16.43%103.26%

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ONT
Oxford Nanopore Technologies
1.5447 of 5 stars
GBX 120.82
-1.0%
GBX 233.33
+93.1%
+29.8%£1.15B£184.78M-6.501,281
BTG
BTG
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.26B£914.10M29.474,690
ABC
Abcam
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.81B£350.40M20,433.331,650Gap Up
High Trading Volume
GNS
Genus
1.7194 of 5 stars
GBX 1,652.30
+2.6%
GBX 2,150
+30.1%
-6.1%£1.08B£666.67M136.96480
ERGO
Ergomed
N/AN/AN/AN/A£701.00M£152.09M4,641.386
SLN
Silence Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/A£480.35M£11.35M-11.01100High Trading Volume
PRTC
PureTech Health
1.7778 of 5 stars
GBX 125.40
+6.3%
GBX 455
+262.8%
-42.2%£376.68M£521,320.79-5.14300
FARN
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy
N/AGBX 250
+4.6%
N/A+55.3%£335.63MN/A-6.6934News Coverage
Gap Down
OXB
Oxford Biomedica
N/AGBX 290
+3.6%
GBX 560
+93.1%
+36.1%£308.27M£98.31M-2.15891High Trading Volume
HZD
Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£302.98M£54.63M-33.55416
VRP
Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£228MN/A-1.6822Gap Up

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This page (LON:ONT) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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