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Novus Therapeutics (NVUS) Competitors

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NVUS vs. PULM, CARA, EQ, ENLV, LVTX, LPCN, SLGL, LGVN, DWTX, and NXTC

Should you be buying Novus Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Novus Therapeutics include Pulmatrix (PULM), Cara Therapeutics (CARA), Equillium (EQ), Enlivex Therapeutics (ENLV), LAVA Therapeutics (LVTX), Lipocine (LPCN), Sol-Gel Technologies (SLGL), Longeveron (LGVN), Dogwood Therapeutics (DWTX), and NextCure (NXTC). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Novus Therapeutics vs.

Pulmatrix (NASDAQ:PULM) and Novus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NVUS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.

11.8% of Pulmatrix shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Pulmatrix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Novus Therapeutics 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.

Novus Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Pulmatrix's net margin of -96.51%. Pulmatrix's return on equity of -45.97% beat Novus Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pulmatrix-96.51% -45.97% -30.72%
Novus Therapeutics N/A -133.49%-30.52%

Pulmatrix has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Novus Therapeutics has a beta of 2.07, indicating that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Novus Therapeutics received 56 more outperform votes than Pulmatrix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.84% of users gave Novus Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 48.28% of users gave Pulmatrix an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PulmatrixOutperform Votes
196
48.28%
Underperform Votes
210
51.72%
Novus TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
252
66.84%
Underperform Votes
125
33.16%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pulmatrix$7.30M3.85-$14.12M-$2.64-2.92
Novus TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$16.01M-$21.58-0.21

In the previous week, Pulmatrix had 4 more articles in the media than Novus Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pulmatrix and 0 mentions for Novus Therapeutics. Pulmatrix's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Novus Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Pulmatrix is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Pulmatrix Positive
Novus Therapeutics Neutral

Summary

Pulmatrix and Novus Therapeutics tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NVUS vs. The Competition

MetricNovus TherapeuticsPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.49M$6.86B$5.56B$9.10B
Dividend YieldN/A2.90%5.32%3.99%
P/E Ratio-0.209.9790.3018.28
Price / SalesN/A301.931,251.4080.65
Price / CashN/A73.5045.9637.70
Price / Book0.345.275.124.70
Net Income-$16.01M$136.98M$111.33M$224.47M

Novus Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NVUS
Novus Therapeutics
N/A$4.52
-5.4%
N/A+168.5%$6.49MN/A-0.207High Trading Volume
PULM
Pulmatrix
0.2115 of 5 stars
$6.97
-4.3%
N/A+345.1%$25.44M$7.30M-2.6420Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down
CARA
Cara Therapeutics
4.3471 of 5 stars
$5.41
-9.7%
$27.84
+414.6%
-28.7%$24.72M$20.97M-0.2680Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
EQ
Equillium
3.3165 of 5 stars
$0.70
+1.9%
$5.00
+616.9%
-19.9%$24.71M$36.08M-4.9840Short Interest ↓
ENLV
Enlivex Therapeutics
3.7666 of 5 stars
$1.15
-2.5%
$9.50
+726.1%
-60.7%$24.62MN/A-1.1770Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
LVTX
LAVA Therapeutics
2.3311 of 5 stars
$0.97
+2.1%
$3.33
+243.6%
-41.3%$24.59M$7.35M-0.9460Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
LPCN
Lipocine
2.6522 of 5 stars
$4.52
-3.6%
$10.00
+121.2%
+10.8%$24.18M$500,000.00-5.9510
SLGL
Sol-Gel Technologies
3.2389 of 5 stars
$0.85
-4.3%
$5.00
+489.6%
-43.4%$23.63M$1.55M-2.4950Short Interest ↑
LGVN
Longeveron
3.0946 of 5 stars
$1.59
-5.4%
$8.67
+445.1%
-71.4%$23.59M$1.89M-0.2520News Coverage
DWTX
Dogwood Therapeutics
N/A$17.40
+52.6%
N/AN/A$23.14MN/A-2.665
NXTC
NextCure
4.6912 of 5 stars
$0.81
-1.3%
$4.00
+392.3%
-34.0%$22.76MN/A-0.3990Short Interest ↓

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This page (NASDAQ:NVUS) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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