RUA vs. NCYT, POLX, IHC, AVO, MHC, SUN, BELL, DEMG, NIOX, and SN
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), MyHealthChecked (MHC), Surgical Innovations Group (SUN), Belluscura (BELL), Deltex Medical Group (DEMG), NIOX Group (NIOX), and Smith & Nephew (SN). These companies are all part of the "medical devices" industry.
RUA Life Sciences vs.
RUA Life Sciences (LON:RUA) and Novacyt (LON:NCYT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
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.
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.
RUA Life Sciences has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Novacyt has a beta of -1.86, indicating that its stock price is 286% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Novacyt received 36 more outperform votes than RUA Life Sciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.06% of users gave Novacyt an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave RUA Life Sciences an outperform vote.
In the previous week, RUA Life Sciences' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Novacyt'saverage media sentiment score.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Novacyt shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
RUA Life Sciences beats Novacyt on 9 of the 13 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 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
