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Novus Therapeutics (NVUS) Competitors

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NVUS vs. NNVC, BIVI, UBX, EDSA, LPCN, QNTM, MIRA, CMMB, BFRG, and IMNN

Should you be buying Novus Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Novus Therapeutics include NanoViricides (NNVC), BioVie (BIVI), Unity Biotechnology (UBX), Edesa Biotech (EDSA), Lipocine (LPCN), Quantum Biopharma (QNTM), MIRA Pharmaceuticals (MIRA), Chemomab Therapeutics (CMMB), Bullfrog AI (BFRG), and Imunon (IMNN). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Novus Therapeutics vs.

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

NanoViricides' return on equity of -87.90% beat Novus Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NanoViricidesN/A -87.90% -78.69%
Novus Therapeutics N/A -133.49%-30.52%

In the previous week, NanoViricides had 1 more articles in the media than Novus Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for NanoViricides and 0 mentions for Novus Therapeutics. NanoViricides' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Novus Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that NanoViricides is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
NanoViricides Positive
Novus Therapeutics Neutral

NanoViricides has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Novus Therapeutics has a beta of 2.07, indicating that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Novus Therapeutics received 252 more outperform votes than NanoViricides when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.84% of users gave Novus Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave NanoViricides an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NanoViricidesOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
57
100.00%
Novus TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
252
66.84%
Underperform Votes
125
33.16%

10.3% of NanoViricides shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of NanoViricides shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Novus Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

NanoViricides 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
NanoViricidesN/AN/A-$8.29M-$0.72-1.58
Novus TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$16.01M-$21.58-0.15

Summary

NanoViricides beats Novus Therapeutics on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NVUS vs. The Competition

MetricNovus TherapeuticsPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.75M$6.73B$5.54B$7.49B
Dividend YieldN/A2.79%5.35%4.04%
P/E Ratio-0.156.9923.2518.07
Price / SalesN/A198.59361.2686.81
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1634.64
Price / Book0.255.926.493.99
Net Income-$16.01M$142.37M$3.21B$247.18M

Novus Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NVUS
Novus Therapeutics
N/A$3.31
+2.8%
N/A+61.8%$4.75MN/A-0.157High Trading Volume
NNVC
NanoViricides
N/A$1.17
-3.3%
N/A-9.4%$18.30MN/A-1.6220Positive News
Gap Down
BIVI
BioVie
2.3297 of 5 stars
$0.98
-3.0%
$3.00
+206.1%
+81.3%$18.08MN/A-0.1010Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down
UBX
Unity Biotechnology
4.0003 of 5 stars
$1.04
-8.8%
$5.33
+412.8%
-34.2%$17.54M$240,000.00-0.7960Gap Down
High Trading Volume
EDSA
Edesa Biotech
2.5537 of 5 stars
$2.44
-2.4%
$21.00
+760.7%
-44.3%$17.06MN/A-1.3020
LPCN
Lipocine
1.4773 of 5 stars
$3.18
-3.0%
$10.00
+214.5%
-36.2%$17.01M$11.20M-4.1810
QNTM
Quantum Biopharma
N/A$7.71
-9.9%
N/AN/A$16.43MN/A-0.50N/AEarnings Report
Gap Down
MIRA
MIRA Pharmaceuticals
1.9286 of 5 stars
$0.98
-7.5%
$14.00
+1,328.6%
-11.4%$16.23MN/A-1.752Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
CMMB
Chemomab Therapeutics
3.3823 of 5 stars
$1.09
-3.5%
$9.00
+725.7%
+47.7%$15.65MN/A-1.0920Gap Down
BFRG
Bullfrog AI
0.5434 of 5 stars
$1.65
-2.9%
N/A-44.8%$15.54M$60,000.00-1.944Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
IMNN
Imunon
1.8969 of 5 stars
$1.05
-3.7%
$21.50
+1,947.6%
-40.0%$15.35M$500,000.00-0.5630
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This page (NASDAQ:NVUS) was last updated on 4/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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