Veru (VERU) Competitors

Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE:NUS) and Veru (NASDAQ:VERU) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, NUS or VERU?

Nu Skin Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Veru. Nu Skin Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veru, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nu Skin Enterprises	$1.97B	0.19	$8.60M	-$2.07	-3.66
Veru	$16.30M	5.24	-$93.15M	-$0.48	-1.22

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NUS or VERU?

Nu Skin Enterprises received 241 more outperform votes than Veru when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.67% of users gave Veru an outperform vote while only 64.00% of users gave Nu Skin Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nu Skin Enterprises	Outperform Votes 512 64.00%	Underperform Votes 288 36.00%
Veru	Outperform Votes 271 69.67%	Underperform Votes 118 30.33%

Does the media prefer NUS or VERU?

In the previous week, Nu Skin Enterprises had 1 more articles in the media than Veru. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Nu Skin Enterprises and 3 mentions for Veru. Veru's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Nu Skin Enterprises' score of 0.46 indicating that Veru is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nu Skin Enterprises	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Veru	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NUS or VERU more profitable?

Nu Skin Enterprises has a net margin of -5.81% compared to Veru's net margin of -376.38%. Nu Skin Enterprises' return on equity of 5.47% beat Veru's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nu Skin Enterprises	-5.81%	5.47%	2.46%
Veru	-376.38%	-115.99%	-66.94%

Do analysts rate NUS or VERU?

Nu Skin Enterprises currently has a consensus price target of $8.88, suggesting a potential upside of 17.08%. Veru has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 585.40%. Given Veru's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Veru is more favorable than Nu Skin Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nu Skin Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Veru	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in NUS or VERU?

82.8% of Nu Skin Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Veru shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Nu Skin Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Veru shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, NUS or VERU?

Nu Skin Enterprises has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veru has a beta of -0.47, meaning that its share price is 147% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Nu Skin Enterprises and Veru tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.