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Applied DNA Sciences (APDN) Competitors

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$0.16 0.00 (0.00%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

APDN vs. SWAG, NXTT, MGIH, WHLM, MOGU, MULN, WKEY, ESGL, WWAC, and AWX

Should you be buying Applied DNA Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Applied DNA Sciences include Stran & Company, Inc. (SWAG), Next Technology (NXTT), Millennium Group International (MGIH), Wilhelmina International (WHLM), MOGU (MOGU), Mullen Automotive (MULN), WISeKey International (WKEY), ESGL (ESGL), Worldwide Webb Acquisition (WWAC), and Avalon (AWX). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Applied DNA Sciences vs.

Stran & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:SWAG) and Applied DNA Sciences (NASDAQ:APDN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.

Stran & Company, Inc. has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied DNA Sciences has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

56.4% of Stran & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.2% of Applied DNA Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.4% of Stran & Company, Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Applied DNA Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Stran & Company, Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Applied DNA Sciences. Stran & Company, Inc. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied DNA Sciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Stran & Company, Inc.$75.89M0.28$40K-$0.02-56.16
Applied DNA Sciences$13.37M0.39-$9.95M-$11.84-0.01

In the previous week, Stran & Company, Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Applied DNA Sciences'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Stran & Company, Inc. Neutral
Applied DNA Sciences Neutral

Applied DNA Sciences has a consensus price target of $1.50, indicating a potential upside of 809.09%. Given Applied DNA Sciences' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Applied DNA Sciences is more favorable than Stran & Company, Inc..

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Stran & Company, Inc.
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Applied DNA Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Stran & Company, Inc. has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Applied DNA Sciences' net margin of -214.42%. Stran & Company, Inc.'s return on equity of 0.00% beat Applied DNA Sciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stran & Company, Inc.N/A N/A N/A
Applied DNA Sciences -214.42%-138.41%-58.97%

Applied DNA Sciences received 290 more outperform votes than Stran & Company, Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Stran & Company, Inc. an outperform vote while only 58.02% of users gave Applied DNA Sciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Stran & Company, Inc.Outperform Votes
3
60.00%
Underperform Votes
2
40.00%
Applied DNA SciencesOutperform Votes
293
58.02%
Underperform Votes
212
41.98%

Summary

Stran & Company, Inc. beats Applied DNA Sciences on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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APDN vs. The Competition

MetricApplied DNA SciencesTesting laboratories IndustryIndustrial SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.15M$3.08B$9.79B$8.87B
Dividend YieldN/A1.63%2.01%4.06%
P/E Ratio-0.01N/A18.9714.18
Price / Sales0.392.177.6589.42
Price / CashN/A33.6819.0232.79
Price / Book0.024.864.265.12
Net Income-$9.95M$106.45M$413.78M$225.99M
7 Day Performance-5.06%-0.51%-1.88%-1.32%
1 Month Performance-56.00%-12.55%0.97%0.60%
1 Year Performance-99.01%-33.49%29.38%26.23%

Applied DNA Sciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APDN
Applied DNA Sciences
2.4683 of 5 stars
$0.17
flat
$1.50
+809.1%
-99.0%$5.18M$13.37M-0.0170Gap Down
SWAG
Stran & Company, Inc.
N/A$1.12
+0.9%
N/A-11.6%$20.65M$75.89M0.0070
NXTT
Next Technology
0.3431 of 5 stars
$2.00
-27.3%
N/AN/A$19.18M$2.63M0.008Gap Up
High Trading Volume
MGIH
Millennium Group International
N/A$1.58
-0.6%
N/A+61.2%$17.89M$38.53M0.00792
WHLM
Wilhelmina International
1.1625 of 5 stars
$3.68
+7.6%
N/A-22.5%$17.64M$17.21M30.6780Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
MOGU
MOGU
0.9031 of 5 stars
$2.04
-3.3%
N/A+1.0%$15.20M$22.21M0.00470Gap Down
MULN
Mullen Automotive
0.2915 of 5 stars
$2.70
+5.5%
N/A-99.9%$14.23M$370,000.000.00326News Coverage
Gap Up
WKEY
WISeKey International
3.308 of 5 stars
$1.97
-3.0%
$4.00
+103.0%
+13.2%$13.67M$30.92M0.00140Gap Down
ESGL
ESGL
N/A$1.78
+6.6%
N/A+263.3%$13.40M$6.16M0.00N/A
WWAC
Worldwide Webb Acquisition
N/A$1.24
+6.9%
N/A-52.7%$12.98MN/A0.002,021Positive News
Gap Up
AWX
Avalon
N/A$3.30
+1.5%
N/A+60.9%$12.67M$80.51M13.20755High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:APDN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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