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Apricus Biosciences (APRI) Competitors

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APRI vs. SCPS, EVLO, CMRA, ARDS, STAB, EFTR, MTEM, AMPE, PXMD, and ONCSQ

Should you be buying Apricus Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apricus Biosciences include Scopus BioPharma (SCPS), Evelo Biosciences (EVLO), Comera Life Sciences (CMRA), Aridis Pharmaceuticals (ARDS), Statera Biopharma (STAB), eFFECTOR Therapeutics (EFTR), Molecular Templates (MTEM), Ampio Pharmaceuticals (AMPE), PaxMedica (PXMD), and OncoSec Medical (ONCSQ). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Apricus Biosciences vs.

Scopus BioPharma (NASDAQ:SCPS) and Apricus Biosciences (NASDAQ:APRI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Scopus BioPharma's return on equity of 0.00% beat Apricus Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Scopus BioPharmaN/A N/A N/A
Apricus Biosciences N/A -216.45%-153.13%

Apricus Biosciences has higher revenue and earnings than Scopus BioPharma.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Scopus BioPharmaN/AN/A-$11.61MN/AN/A
Apricus Biosciences$5.76M0.00$320K-$0.990.00

19.9% of Apricus Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Scopus BioPharma shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Apricus Biosciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Scopus BioPharma's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Apricus Biosciences'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Scopus BioPharma Neutral
Apricus Biosciences Neutral

Apricus Biosciences received 228 more outperform votes than Scopus BioPharma when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Scopus BioPharma an outperform vote while only 69.91% of users gave Apricus Biosciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Scopus BioPharmaOutperform Votes
2
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Apricus BiosciencesOutperform Votes
230
69.91%
Underperform Votes
99
30.09%

Scopus BioPharma has a beta of -0.22, meaning that its stock price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apricus Biosciences has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Apricus Biosciences beats Scopus BioPharma on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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APRI vs. The Competition

MetricApricus BiosciencesPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$14,000.00$6.78B$5.58B$7.91B
Dividend YieldN/A2.81%5.35%4.04%
P/E Ratio0.007.1823.6218.80
Price / Sales0.00205.88369.2688.94
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1634.64
Price / Book0.006.126.704.17
Net Income$320,000.00$142.11M$3.20B$247.10M

Apricus Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APRI
Apricus Biosciences
N/A$0.00
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N/A-99.9%$14,000.00$5.76M0.00N/A
SCPS
Scopus BioPharma
N/A$0.00
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N/AN/A$13,000.00N/A0.009
EVLO
Evelo Biosciences
N/A$0.00
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N/A-99.0%$9,000.00N/A0.00120
CMRA
Comera Life Sciences
N/A$0.00
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N/AN/A$6,000.00$1.00M0.002
ARDS
Aridis Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.00
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N/A-99.9%$5,000.00$3.09M0.0030
STAB
Statera Biopharma
N/A$0.00
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N/A-83.3%$5,000.00N/A0.0020
EFTR
eFFECTOR Therapeutics
N/A$0.00
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$24.00
+3,999,900.0%
-100.0%$3,000.00$3.55M0.0010
MTEM
Molecular Templates
1.0258 of 5 stars
$0.00
+300.0%
N/A-100.0%$3,000.00$23.48M0.00260Gap Up
AMPE
Ampio Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.00
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N/A-99.9%$2,000.00N/A0.0020Analyst Forecast
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PXMD
PaxMedica
N/A$0.00
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N/A-100.0%$2,000.00N/A0.002
ONCSQ
OncoSec Medical
N/AN/AN/AN/A$1,000.00N/A0.0040
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