SCLP vs. HZD, VRP, FARN, ARIX, BVXP, AVCT, 4BB, CIR, HVO, and TILS
Should you be buying Scancell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scancell include Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) (HZD), Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L) (VRP), Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (FARN), Arix Bioscience (ARIX), Bioventix (BVXP), Avacta Group (AVCT), 4basebio (4BB), Circassia Group (CIR), hVIVO (HVO), and Tiziana Life Sciences (TILS). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.
Scancell vs.
Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) (LON:HZD) and Scancell (LON:SCLP) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.
46.5% of Scancell shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Scancell shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Scancell had 3 more articles in the media than Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L). MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Scancell and 0 mentions for Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L). Scancell's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Scancell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Scancell's return on equity of 98.74% beat Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L)'s return on equity.
Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) has higher revenue and earnings than Scancell. Scancell is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) received 274 more outperform votes than Scancell when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.50% of users gave Scancell an outperform vote while only 73.52% of users gave Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) an outperform vote.
Summary
Scancell beats Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SCLP) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
