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Apricus Biosciences (APRI) Competitors

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APRI vs. SCPS, VAXX, EVLO, CMRA, ARDS, CALA, MTEM, AMPE, CLVR, and EFTR

Should you be buying Apricus Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apricus Biosciences include Scopus BioPharma (SCPS), Vaxxinity (VAXX), Evelo Biosciences (EVLO), Comera Life Sciences (CMRA), Aridis Pharmaceuticals (ARDS), Calithera Biosciences (CALA), Molecular Templates (MTEM), Ampio Pharmaceuticals (AMPE), Clever Leaves (CLVR), and eFFECTOR Therapeutics (EFTR). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

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%

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 owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Scopus BioPharma shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Apricus Biosciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Scopus BioPharma has a beta of -0.19, meaning that its stock price is 119% 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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Media Sentiment Over Time

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APRI vs. The Competition

MetricApricus BiosciencesPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8,000.00$7.08B$5.83B$9.13B
Dividend YieldN/A2.75%4.75%3.85%
P/E Ratio0.006.1426.8119.22
Price / Sales0.00250.79428.3269.65
Price / CashN/A65.6738.0134.83
Price / Book0.006.707.644.62
Net Income$320,000.00$138.98M$3.19B$246.06M

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-100.0%$8,000.00$5.76M0.00N/A
SCPS
Scopus BioPharma
N/A$0.00
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N/AN/A$13,000.00N/A0.009
VAXX
Vaxxinity
N/A$0.00
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N/A-99.3%$13,000.00N/A0.0090High Trading Volume
EVLO
Evelo Biosciences
N/A$0.00
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N/AN/A$9,000.00N/A0.00120Options Volume
News Coverage
CMRA
Comera Life Sciences
N/A$0.00
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N/AN/A$6,000.00$630,000.000.002High Trading Volume
ARDS
Aridis Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.00
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N/AN/A$5,000.00$3.09M0.0030Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CALA
Calithera Biosciences
N/A$0.00
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N/A-97.6%$3,000.00N/A0.0060Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MTEM
Molecular Templates
N/A$0.00
+66.7%
N/A-100.0%$3,000.00$57.31M0.00260
AMPE
Ampio Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.00
-79.0%
N/A-99.9%$2,000.00N/A0.0020Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CLVR
Clever Leaves
N/A$0.00
-50.0%
N/A-100.0%$2,000.00$17.42M0.00560Gap Down
High Trading Volume
EFTR
eFFECTOR Therapeutics
1.0676 of 5 stars
$0.00
flat
$24.00
+11,999,900.0%
-100.0%$1,000.00$3.55M0.0010Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:APRI) was last updated on 2/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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