Proteome Sciences (PRM) Competitors

Proteome Sciences (LON:PRM) and Volga Gas (LON:VGAS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.

Is PRM or VGAS more profitable?

Volga Gas has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Proteome Sciences' net margin of -0.04%. Volga Gas' return on equity of 0.00% beat Proteome Sciences' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Proteome Sciences	-0.04%	-0.01%	-19.25%
Volga Gas	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PRM or VGAS?

Proteome Sciences received 72 more outperform votes than Volga Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.77% of users gave Volga Gas an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave Proteome Sciences an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Proteome Sciences	Outperform Votes 162 57.04%	Underperform Votes 122 42.96%
Volga Gas	Outperform Votes 90 73.77%	Underperform Votes 32 26.23%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PRM or VGAS?

Volga Gas has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Proteome Sciences. Proteome Sciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Volga Gas, 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
Proteome Sciences	£10.88B	0.00	-£4.08M	-£1.38	-1.88
Volga Gas	£18.73M	0.00	N/A	-£19.20	N/A

Does the media prefer PRM or VGAS?

In the previous week, Proteome Sciences had 3 more articles in the media than Volga Gas. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Proteome Sciences and 0 mentions for Volga Gas. Volga Gas' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Proteome Sciences' score of -0.54 indicating that Volga Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Proteome Sciences	Negative
Volga Gas	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PRM or VGAS?

23.0% of Proteome Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. 19.5% of Proteome Sciences shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Proteome Sciences and Volga Gas tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.