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Harvard Bioscience (HBIO) Competitors

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$2.16 +0.11 (+5.37%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

HBIO vs. AXDX, BNGO, FLDM, QTRX, TMO, A, MTD, ILMN, WAT, and TECH

Should you be buying Harvard Bioscience stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harvard Bioscience include Accelerate Diagnostics (AXDX), Bionano Genomics (BNGO), Fluidigm (FLDM), Quanterix (QTRX), Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), Agilent Technologies (A), Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), Illumina (ILMN), Waters (WAT), and Bio-Techne (TECH).

Harvard Bioscience vs.

Accelerate Diagnostics (NASDAQ:AXDX) and Harvard Bioscience (NASDAQ:HBIO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

In the previous week, Accelerate Diagnostics had 3 more articles in the media than Harvard Bioscience. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Accelerate Diagnostics and 1 mentions for Harvard Bioscience. Harvard Bioscience's average media sentiment score of 1.94 beat Accelerate Diagnostics' score of -0.60 indicating that Harvard Bioscience is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Accelerate Diagnostics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative
Harvard Bioscience
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Accelerate Diagnostics$11.91M3.58-$61.62M-$2.86-0.59
Harvard Bioscience$112.25M0.84-$3.41M-$0.33-6.55

Harvard Bioscience has a net margin of -14.57% compared to Accelerate Diagnostics' net margin of -471.83%. Accelerate Diagnostics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Harvard Bioscience's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Accelerate Diagnostics-471.83% N/A -191.66%
Harvard Bioscience -14.57%-4.64%-2.40%

Accelerate Diagnostics has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harvard Bioscience has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Accelerate Diagnostics currently has a consensus target price of $1.00, suggesting a potential downside of 41.18%. Given Accelerate Diagnostics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Accelerate Diagnostics is more favorable than Harvard Bioscience.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Accelerate Diagnostics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Harvard Bioscience
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

17.1% of Accelerate Diagnostics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Harvard Bioscience shares are held by institutional investors. 43.6% of Accelerate Diagnostics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Harvard Bioscience shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Harvard Bioscience received 14 more outperform votes than Accelerate Diagnostics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.02% of users gave Harvard Bioscience an outperform vote while only 60.72% of users gave Accelerate Diagnostics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Accelerate DiagnosticsOutperform Votes
354
60.72%
Underperform Votes
229
39.28%
Harvard BioscienceOutperform Votes
368
72.02%
Underperform Votes
143
27.98%

Summary

Harvard Bioscience beats Accelerate Diagnostics on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HBIO vs. The Competition

MetricHarvard BioscienceAnalytical instruments IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$89.41M$5.08B$23.95B$8.87B
Dividend YieldN/A0.46%2.76%4.06%
P/E Ratio-6.5510.74230.0714.18
Price / Sales0.843.903,397.6589.42
Price / Cash8.9740.5932.7532.79
Price / Book1.442.407.045.12
Net Income-$3.41M$515,312.50$659.54M$225.99M
7 Day Performance-5.68%-5.56%0.19%-1.32%
1 Month Performance-8.86%-8.12%0.77%0.60%
1 Year Performance-48.82%-17.04%18.75%26.23%

Harvard Bioscience Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HBIO
Harvard Bioscience
1.566 of 5 stars
$2.16
+5.4%
N/A-48.8%$89.41M$112.25M-6.55490Positive News
AXDX
Accelerate Diagnostics
2.4476 of 5 stars
$1.70
-2.9%
$1.00
-41.2%
-67.0%$43.83M$11.91M-0.59134
BNGO
Bionano Genomics
1.3717 of 5 stars
$0.21
-8.7%
$1.50
+616.3%
-85.7%$21.36M$36.12M-0.09300Gap Up
High Trading Volume
FLDM
Fluidigm
N/AN/AN/AN/A$283.76M$130.58M-4.76615
QTRX
Quanterix
2.4262 of 5 stars
$11.02
-0.4%
$23.25
+111.0%
-52.5%$424.47M$122.37M0.00460
TMO
Thermo Fisher Scientific
4.9906 of 5 stars
$512.86
+0.7%
$649.33
+26.6%
+9.3%$194.74B$42.86B32.15122,000Buyback Announcement
Positive News
A
Agilent Technologies
4.3995 of 5 stars
$128.57
+2.3%
$144.36
+12.3%
+12.8%$36.94B$6.83B26.6718,100Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
MTD
Mettler-Toledo International
4.1104 of 5 stars
$1,166.90
+0.5%
$1,338.75
+14.7%
+11.1%$24.49B$3.79B31.4617,300Positive News
ILMN
Illumina
4.418 of 5 stars
$131.68
-2.5%
$164.00
+24.5%
+34.9%$21.41B$4.50B0.009,300Positive News
WAT
Waters
4.1245 of 5 stars
$357.69
+3.8%
$365.85
+2.3%
+37.0%$20.47B$2.96B34.137,900
TECH
Bio-Techne
4.8558 of 5 stars
$68.72
+3.5%
$81.78
+19.0%
+8.1%$10.55B$1.16B73.113,100

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This page (NASDAQ:HBIO) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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