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NVUS vs. CING, CMMB, ALLR, UBX, LPCN, SLGL, EDSA, EQ, LPTX, and BFRG

Should you be buying Novus Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Novus Therapeutics include Cingulate (CING), Chemomab Therapeutics (CMMB), Allarity Therapeutics (ALLR), Unity Biotechnology (UBX), Lipocine (LPCN), Sol-Gel Technologies (SLGL), Edesa Biotech (EDSA), Equillium (EQ), Leap Therapeutics (LPTX), and Bullfrog AI (BFRG). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Novus Therapeutics vs.

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

Novus Therapeutics received 240 more outperform votes than Cingulate when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Cingulate an outperform vote while only 66.84% of users gave Novus Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Novus TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
252
66.84%
Underperform Votes
125
33.16%
CingulateOutperform Votes
12
80.00%
Underperform Votes
3
20.00%

41.3% of Cingulate shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Novus Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Cingulate shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Cingulate had 3 more articles in the media than Novus Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cingulate and 0 mentions for Novus Therapeutics. Cingulate's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Novus Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Cingulate is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Novus Therapeutics Neutral
Cingulate Neutral

Cingulate 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
Novus TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$16.01M-$21.58-0.15
CingulateN/AN/A-$23.53M-$14.64-0.29

Cingulate has a consensus target price of $30.67, suggesting a potential upside of 613.18%. Given Cingulate's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cingulate is more favorable than Novus Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Novus Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Cingulate
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20

Novus Therapeutics' return on equity of -133.49% beat Cingulate's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Novus TherapeuticsN/A -133.49% -30.52%
Cingulate N/A -570.20%-236.15%

Novus Therapeutics has a beta of 2.07, indicating that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cingulate has a beta of -0.87, indicating that its stock price is 187% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cingulate beats Novus Therapeutics on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NVUS vs. The Competition

MetricNovus TherapeuticsPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.65M$6.68B$5.44B$7.80B
Dividend YieldN/A3.17%5.43%4.30%
P/E Ratio-0.147.1422.1418.40
Price / SalesN/A238.89389.70101.29
Price / CashN/A65.6738.2034.62
Price / Book0.256.266.664.18
Net Income-$16.01M$142.48M$3.21B$247.71M

Novus Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NVUS
Novus Therapeutics
N/A$3.24
-3.6%
N/A+70.6%$4.65MN/A-0.147
CING
Cingulate
2.144 of 5 stars
$4.29
+5.4%
$30.67
+614.8%
+396.9%$16.91MN/A-0.2920Negative News
Gap Up
CMMB
Chemomab Therapeutics
3.3686 of 5 stars
$1.18
+1.3%
$9.00
+666.0%
+98.8%$16.87MN/A-1.1820
ALLR
Allarity Therapeutics
0.4221 of 5 stars
$0.99
-4.4%
N/A-97.4%$16.73MN/A0.0010News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
UBX
Unity Biotechnology
4.0396 of 5 stars
$0.99
+4.9%
$5.33
+440.9%
-34.0%$16.62M$240,000.00-0.7560Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
LPCN
Lipocine
2.5018 of 5 stars
$3.02
+0.4%
$10.00
+231.0%
-29.4%$16.51M$11.20M-4.0610Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
SLGL
Sol-Gel Technologies
2.7431 of 5 stars
$0.59
+0.5%
$5.00
+750.3%
-12.1%$16.38M$11.71M-1.7350Positive News
EDSA
Edesa Biotech
3.116 of 5 stars
$2.32
-2.7%
$21.00
+807.1%
-46.6%$16.29MN/A-1.2520News Coverage
EQ
Equillium
2.9493 of 5 stars
$0.44
-2.5%
$3.00
+575.7%
-75.8%$16.07M$41.10M-3.2140News Coverage
Positive News
LPTX
Leap Therapeutics
1.8748 of 5 stars
$0.37
+3.4%
$4.92
+1,221.7%
-87.4%$15.35MN/A-0.1940
BFRG
Bullfrog AI
0.6442 of 5 stars
$1.62
-2.4%
N/A-35.3%$15.25M$60,000.00-1.914

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This page (NASDAQ:NVUS) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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