FLGT vs. VCYT, ARDT, ADUS, PGNY, PACS, LFST, NHC, TDOC, GRAL, and VRDN
Should you be buying Fulgent Genetics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fulgent Genetics include Veracyte (VCYT), Ardent Health (ARDT), Addus HomeCare (ADUS), Progyny (PGNY), PACS Group (PACS), LifeStance Health Group (LFST), National HealthCare (NHC), Teladoc Health (TDOC), GRAIL (GRAL), and Viridian Therapeutics (VRDN). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry.
Fulgent Genetics vs. Its Competitors
Fulgent Genetics (NASDAQ:FLGT) and Veracyte (NASDAQ:VCYT) 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, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Fulgent Genetics currently has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.04%. Veracyte has a consensus price target of $40.90, indicating a potential upside of 62.50%. Given Veracyte's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Veracyte is more favorable than Fulgent Genetics.
48.1% of Fulgent Genetics shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.8% of Fulgent Genetics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Veracyte shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Veracyte has higher revenue and earnings than Fulgent Genetics. Fulgent Genetics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veracyte, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Veracyte has a net margin of 7.13% compared to Fulgent Genetics' net margin of -13.94%. Veracyte's return on equity of 6.14% beat Fulgent Genetics' return on equity.
In the previous week, Veracyte had 3 more articles in the media than Fulgent Genetics. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Veracyte and 2 mentions for Fulgent Genetics. Fulgent Genetics' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Veracyte's score of 0.85 indicating that Fulgent Genetics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fulgent Genetics has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veracyte has a beta of 2.07, indicating that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Veracyte beats Fulgent Genetics on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:FLGT) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
