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Akers Biosciences (AKER) Competitors

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AKER vs. MYMD, NAVB, VNRX, ARTL, CDIO, PMCB, AEZS, NLSP, ALZN, and SBFM

Should you be buying Akers Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akers Biosciences include MyMD Pharmaceuticals (MYMD), Navidea Biopharmaceuticals (NAVB), VolitionRx (VNRX), Artelo Biosciences (ARTL), Cardio Diagnostics (CDIO), Nuvilex (PMCB), Aeterna Zentaris (AEZS), NLS Pharmaceutics (NLSP), Alzamend Neuro (ALZN), and Sunshine Biopharma (SBFM). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Akers Biosciences vs. Its Competitors

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

MyMD Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akers Biosciences has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Akers Biosciences' return on equity of -87.42% beat MyMD Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MyMD PharmaceuticalsN/A -179.05% -108.14%
Akers Biosciences N/A -87.42%-73.31%

In the previous week, MyMD Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Akers Biosciences'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
MyMD Pharmaceuticals Neutral
Akers Biosciences Neutral

9.6% of MyMD Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Akers Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of MyMD Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Akers Biosciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Akers Biosciences has higher revenue and earnings than MyMD Pharmaceuticals.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MyMD PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$4MN/AN/A
Akers Biosciences$1.58M1.02-$3.89MN/AN/A

Summary

Akers Biosciences beats MyMD Pharmaceuticals on 4 of the 7 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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AKER vs. The Competition

MetricAkers BiosciencesDiagnostic Substances IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.61M$17.06M$5.50B$9.72B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A4.59%4.12%
P/E RatioN/AN/A30.0524.70
Price / Sales1.0219.16456.53100.55
Price / CashN/AN/A24.8428.01
Price / Book0.020.018.525.76
Net Income-$3.89M-$15.34M$3.27B$267.05M

Akers Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AKER
Akers Biosciences
N/A$0.10
-1.6%
N/A-94.6%$1.61M$1.58M0.004High Trading Volume
MYMD
MyMD Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.11
+5.7%
N/A-94.6%$253KN/A0.006Gap Up
High Trading Volume
NAVB
Navidea Biopharmaceuticals
N/A$0.00
flat
N/A-50.0%$50K$8.13K0.0010
VNRX
VolitionRx
2.4506 of 5 stars
$0.64
+2.7%
$3.50
+446.9%
+21.4%$66.55M$1.31M-1.7880News Coverage
Gap Up
ARTL
Artelo Biosciences
2.4129 of 5 stars
$9.48
-4.5%
$24.00
+153.2%
+9.6%$6.99MN/A-0.535News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
CDIO
Cardio Diagnostics
2.5692 of 5 stars
$3.98
-0.3%
$60.00
+1,407.5%
-74.0%$6.95M$40K0.001News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
PMCB
Nuvilex
1.4391 of 5 stars
$1.02
+1.6%
N/A-55.1%$6.86MN/A1.374Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
AEZS
Aeterna Zentaris
N/A$3.82
-2.1%
N/A-37.2%$6.85M$2.37M-0.2620Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
NLSP
NLS Pharmaceutics
N/A$1.90
+0.7%
N/A+1,013.4%$6.79MN/A0.006Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
ALZN
Alzamend Neuro
2.7561 of 5 stars
$2.38
+2.6%
$180.00
+7,463.0%
-87.7%$6.72MN/A0.004News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
SBFM
Sunshine Biopharma
1.595 of 5 stars
$1.43
-2.1%
$15.00
+949.0%
-49.5%$6.65M$34.87M-0.013Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:AKER) was last updated on 8/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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