Cibus (CBUS) Competitors

ARQ (NASDAQ:ARQ) and Cibus (NASDAQ:CBUS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Does the media refer more to ARQ or CBUS?

In the previous week, Cibus had 4 more articles in the media than ARQ. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cibus and 3 mentions for ARQ. ARQ's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Cibus' score of -0.24 indicating that ARQ is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ARQ	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cibus	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, ARQ or CBUS?

ARQ has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cibus has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ARQ or CBUS?

ARQ currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 60.26%. Cibus has a consensus price target of $22.17, indicating a potential upside of 790.23%. Given Cibus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cibus is more favorable than ARQ.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARQ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Cibus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ARQ or CBUS?

ARQ has higher revenue and earnings than Cibus. ARQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cibus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ARQ	$99.18M	2.64	-$12.25M	-$0.01	-624.00
Cibus	$1.82M	36.20	-$267.64M	-$22.48	-0.11

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ARQ or CBUS?

Cibus received 10 more outperform votes than ARQ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Cibus an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave ARQ an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ARQ	Outperform Votes 2 66.67%	Underperform Votes 1 33.33%
Cibus	Outperform Votes 12 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ARQ or CBUS?

18.5% of ARQ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Cibus shares are held by institutional investors. 26.9% of ARQ shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 49.4% of Cibus shares are held by 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.

Is ARQ or CBUS more profitable?

ARQ has a net margin of -0.44% compared to Cibus' net margin of -10,724.78%. ARQ's return on equity of -0.25% beat Cibus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARQ	-0.44%	-0.25%	-0.19%
Cibus	-10,724.78%	-28.17%	-13.39%

Summary

Cibus beats ARQ on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.