GeoVax Labs (GOVX) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate STTK or GOVX?

Shattuck Labs currently has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 530.25%. GeoVax Labs has a consensus target price of $14.20, suggesting a potential upside of 936.50%. Given GeoVax Labs' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GeoVax Labs is more favorable than Shattuck Labs.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shattuck Labs	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
GeoVax Labs	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.29

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer STTK or GOVX?

Shattuck Labs received 14 more outperform votes than GeoVax Labs when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 96.15% of users gave GeoVax Labs an outperform vote while only 72.22% of users gave Shattuck Labs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shattuck Labs	Outperform Votes 39 72.22%	Underperform Votes 15 27.78%
GeoVax Labs	Outperform Votes 25 96.15%	Underperform Votes 1 3.85%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in STTK or GOVX?

58.7% of Shattuck Labs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.1% of GeoVax Labs shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of Shattuck Labs shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of GeoVax Labs shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, STTK or GOVX?

Shattuck Labs has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GeoVax Labs has a beta of 3.06, indicating that its stock price is 206% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, STTK or GOVX?

GeoVax Labs has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Shattuck Labs.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shattuck Labs	$6.44M	8.83	-$87.30M	-$1.53	-0.78
GeoVax Labs	$3.09M	4.18	-$25.97M	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor STTK or GOVX?

In the previous week, Shattuck Labs had 7 more articles in the media than GeoVax Labs. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Shattuck Labs and 4 mentions for GeoVax Labs. Shattuck Labs' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat GeoVax Labs' score of 0.00 indicating that Shattuck Labs is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shattuck Labs	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GeoVax Labs	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is STTK or GOVX more profitable?

GeoVax Labs has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Shattuck Labs' net margin of -1,156.46%. Shattuck Labs' return on equity of -61.92% beat GeoVax Labs' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shattuck Labs	-1,156.46%	-61.92%	-54.49%
GeoVax Labs	N/A	-809.87%	-349.34%

Summary

Shattuck Labs beats GeoVax Labs on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.