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Akers Biosciences (AKER) Competitors

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AKER vs. VNRX, CDIO, ICCC, OCX, AWH, TRIB, BMRA, VRAX, TNFA, and MYMD

Should you be buying Akers Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akers Biosciences include VolitionRx (VNRX), Cardio Diagnostics (CDIO), ImmuCell (ICCC), OncoCyte (OCX), Aspira Women's Health (AWH), Trinity Biotech (TRIB), Biomerica (BMRA), Virax Biolabs Group (VRAX), TNF Pharmaceuticals (TNFA), and MyMD Pharmaceuticals (MYMD). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Akers Biosciences vs.

VolitionRx (NYSE:VNRX) and Akers Biosciences (NASDAQ:AKER) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.

VolitionRx currently has a consensus target price of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 454.82%. Given VolitionRx's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe VolitionRx is more favorable than Akers Biosciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
VolitionRx
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Akers Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Akers Biosciences has higher revenue and earnings than VolitionRx.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
VolitionRx$1.29M48.71-$35.32M-$0.36-1.88
Akers Biosciences$1.58M14.33-$3.89MN/AN/A

In the previous week, VolitionRx had 1 more articles in the media than Akers Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for VolitionRx and 0 mentions for Akers Biosciences. VolitionRx's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Akers Biosciences' score of 0.00 indicating that VolitionRx is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
VolitionRx Positive
Akers Biosciences Neutral

VolitionRx has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akers Biosciences has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

8.1% of VolitionRx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Akers Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of VolitionRx shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Akers Biosciences shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Akers Biosciences received 302 more outperform votes than VolitionRx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.92% of users gave Akers Biosciences an outperform vote while only 11.36% of users gave VolitionRx an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VolitionRxOutperform Votes
5
11.36%
Underperform Votes
39
88.64%
Akers BiosciencesOutperform Votes
307
72.92%
Underperform Votes
114
27.08%

Akers Biosciences has a net margin of 0.00% compared to VolitionRx's net margin of -2,321.14%. VolitionRx's return on equity of 0.00% beat Akers Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
VolitionRx-2,321.14% N/A -163.39%
Akers Biosciences N/A -87.42%-73.31%

Summary

VolitionRx beats Akers Biosciences on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AKER vs. The Competition

MetricAkers BiosciencesDiagnostic Substances IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$22.65M$2.51B$5.14B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A0.73%5.09%4.23%
P/E RatioN/A6.0790.0517.18
Price / Sales14.3375.121,116.25117.06
Price / CashN/A15.0543.1037.85
Price / Book0.253.284.784.78
Net Income-$3.89M$29.98M$120.31M$225.60M

Akers Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AKER
Akers Biosciences
N/A$1.36
-7.5%
N/A+496.5%$22.65M$1.58M0.004Gap Down
VNRX
VolitionRx
1.7482 of 5 stars
$0.67
+18.6%
$3.75
+459.7%
+4.3%$62.09M$770,000.00-1.5780Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
CDIO
Cardio Diagnostics
2.6575 of 5 stars
$1.16
-7.9%
$2.00
+72.4%
-58.0%$46.91M$35,688.000.007Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ICCC
ImmuCell
N/A$4.90
-0.4%
N/A-5.4%$43.67M$23.84M-9.8475
OCX
OncoCyte
3.2612 of 5 stars
$2.26
-2.6%
$4.42
+95.4%
-23.2%$38.04M$1.50M0.00120Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
AWH
Aspira Women's Health
1.2122 of 5 stars
$0.76
+0.7%
$4.40
+482.8%
-69.7%$12.59M$9.15M-0.62110Analyst Forecast
TRIB
Trinity Biotech
1.2087 of 5 stars
$0.89
-1.4%
N/A-64.5%$6.80M$56.83M-0.39480News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
BMRA
Biomerica
0.1423 of 5 stars
$0.31
-2.0%
N/A-76.8%$5.17M$5.51M-0.8260Gap Down
VRAX
Virax Biolabs Group
0.6869 of 5 stars
$1.52
-3.2%
N/A+25.0%$4.91M$84,872.000.005News Coverage
TNFA
TNF Pharmaceuticals
N/A$1.08
-6.0%
N/AN/A$2.98MN/A0.006Gap Down
MYMD
MyMD Pharmaceuticals
N/A$1.15
-3.4%
N/A-80.1%$2.73MN/A0.009

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This page (NASDAQ:AKER) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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