OXB vs. ONT, ERGO, SLN, PRTC, HZD, FARN, VRP, ARIX, 4BB, and AVCT
Should you be buying Oxford Biomedica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Biomedica include Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT), Ergomed (ERGO), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), PureTech Health (PRTC), Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) (HZD), Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (FARN), Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L) (VRP), Arix Bioscience (ARIX), 4basebio (4BB), and Avacta Group (AVCT). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.
Oxford Biomedica vs.
Oxford Biomedica (LON:OXB) and Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
Oxford Biomedica has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Oxford Nanopore Technologies. Oxford Nanopore Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oxford Biomedica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Oxford Biomedica currently has a consensus price target of GBX 560, suggesting a potential upside of 87.29%. Oxford Nanopore Technologies has a consensus price target of GBX 233.33, suggesting a potential upside of 101.24%. Given Oxford Nanopore Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Oxford Nanopore Technologies is more favorable than Oxford Biomedica.
64.1% of Oxford Biomedica shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of Oxford Nanopore Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.2% of Oxford Biomedica shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.6% of Oxford Nanopore Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Oxford Biomedica received 325 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 66.73% of users gave Oxford Biomedica an outperform vote.
Oxford Nanopore Technologies has a net margin of -94.82% compared to Oxford Biomedica's net margin of -145.98%. Oxford Nanopore Technologies' return on equity of -26.02% beat Oxford Biomedica's return on equity.
In the previous week, Oxford Nanopore Technologies had 8 more articles in the media than Oxford Biomedica. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Oxford Nanopore Technologies and 2 mentions for Oxford Biomedica. Oxford Nanopore Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Oxford Biomedica's score of -0.39 indicating that Oxford Nanopore Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Oxford Biomedica has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Nanopore Technologies has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Oxford Nanopore Technologies beats Oxford Biomedica on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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