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AKAN vs. PMCB, PLRZ, ARTL, LIAN, ENSC, VIVS, PALI, NKGN, SXTP, and BCTX

Should you be buying Akanda stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akanda include Nuvilex (PMCB), Polyrizon (PLRZ), Artelo Biosciences (ARTL), LianBio (LIAN), Ensysce Biosciences (ENSC), VivoSim Labs (VIVS), Palisade Bio (PALI), NKGen Biotech (NKGN), 60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals (SXTP), and Briacell Therap (BCTX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Akanda vs. Its Competitors

Nuvilex (NASDAQ:PMCB) and Akanda (NASDAQ:AKAN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Akanda had 1 more articles in the media than Nuvilex. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Akanda and 0 mentions for Nuvilex. Nuvilex's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Akanda's score of -1.00 indicating that Nuvilex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Nuvilex Neutral
Akanda Negative

Nuvilex's return on equity of 4.60% beat Akanda's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NuvilexN/A 4.60% 3.76%
Akanda N/A N/A N/A

Nuvilex has a beta of -0.24, indicating that its share price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akanda has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

34.2% of Nuvilex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of Akanda shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of Nuvilex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Akanda shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Nuvilex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Akanda.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NuvilexN/AN/A$30.66M$2.590.41
Akanda$840K1.80-$4.10MN/AN/A

Summary

Nuvilex beats Akanda on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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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AKAN vs. The Competition

MetricAkandaMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.53M$11.07B$5.81B$10.01B
Dividend YieldN/A1.84%5.29%4.53%
P/E RatioN/A21.9375.6926.28
Price / Sales1.8031.47539.36121.13
Price / CashN/A24.6337.2059.76
Price / Book0.353.5811.506.41
Net Income-$4.10M$212.34M$3.28B$270.56M
7 Day Performance-6.53%-0.88%1.30%3.01%
1 Month Performance-10.78%16.26%11.25%9.74%
1 Year Performance-52.15%-7.08%59.54%26.68%

Akanda Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AKAN
Akanda
0.6188 of 5 stars
$3.29
-1.8%
N/A-51.3%$1.53M$840K0.00110Negative News
Short Interest ↑
PMCB
Nuvilex
0.4507 of 5 stars
$0.95
+0.6%
N/A-28.9%$6.43MN/A0.364Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PLRZ
Polyrizon
N/A$1.07
-1.8%
N/AN/A$6.41MN/A0.00N/APositive News
ARTL
Artelo Biosciences
2.8624 of 5 stars
$9.05
-2.2%
$24.00
+165.2%
-36.8%$6.34MN/A-0.485Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
LIAN
LianBio
N/A$0.06
+1.4%
N/A-82.2%$6.21MN/A-0.07110
ENSC
Ensysce Biosciences
0.1613 of 5 stars
$2.08
-0.5%
N/A-62.6%$6.17MN/A-0.5210Positive News
VIVS
VivoSim Labs
N/A$2.34
-4.1%
N/AN/A$6.08M$140K-0.2320
PALI
Palisade Bio
2.5448 of 5 stars
$0.66
-2.0%
$12.00
+1,712.7%
-84.1%$6.04MN/A-0.1610
NKGN
NKGen Biotech
0.1808 of 5 stars
$0.13
flat
N/A-80.8%$5.96MN/A-0.03N/ANews Coverage
SXTP
60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals
2.0721 of 5 stars
$1.42
+0.7%
$7.00
+393.0%
-79.6%$5.82M$300K-0.033
BCTX
Briacell Therap
2.0999 of 5 stars
$8.47
+9.0%
$320.00
+3,678.0%
-92.7%$5.74MN/A-0.108

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This page (NASDAQ:AKAN) was last updated on 9/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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