RUA vs. NCYT, POLX, IHC, AVO, SUN, MHC, MXCT, BELL, DEMG, and NIOX
Should you be buying RUA Life Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RUA Life Sciences include Novacyt (NCYT), Polarean Imaging (POLX), Inspiration Healthcare Group (IHC), Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO), Surgical Innovations Group (SUN), MyHealthChecked (MHC), MaxCyte (MXCT), Belluscura (BELL), Deltex Medical Group (DEMG), and NIOX Group (NIOX). These companies are all part of the "medical devices" industry.
RUA Life Sciences vs. Its Competitors
RUA Life Sciences (LON:RUA) and Novacyt (LON:NCYT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
RUA Life Sciences has a net margin of -65.72% compared to Novacyt's net margin of -203.06%. RUA Life Sciences' return on equity of -26.38% beat Novacyt's return on equity.
In the previous week, RUA Life Sciences' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Novacyt'saverage media sentiment score.
RUA Life Sciences has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Novacyt. RUA Life Sciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Novacyt, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
26.0% of RUA Life Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Novacyt shares are held by institutional investors. 51.3% of RUA Life Sciences shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Novacyt shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
RUA Life Sciences has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Novacyt has a beta of -1.86, suggesting that its stock price is 286% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
RUA Life Sciences beats Novacyt on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:RUA) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff