Veru (VERU) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NUS or VERU?

Nu Skin Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Veru. Veru is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nu Skin Enterprises, 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	0.18	$8.60M	-$2.07	-3.38
Veru	$16.89M	8.45	-$37.80M	-$0.28	-3.48

Which has more risk & volatility, NUS or VERU?

Nu Skin Enterprises has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veru has a beta of -0.53, suggesting that its share price is 153% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NUS or VERU?

Nu Skin Enterprises received 239 more outperform votes than Veru when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.82% of users gave Veru an outperform vote while only 63.92% of users gave Nu Skin Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nu Skin Enterprises	Outperform Votes 512 63.92%	Underperform Votes 289 36.08%
Veru	Outperform Votes 273 69.82%	Underperform Votes 118 30.18%

Is NUS or VERU more profitable?

Nu Skin Enterprises has a net margin of -5.81% compared to Veru's net margin of -223.85%. 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	-223.85%	-92.88%	-55.83%

Do analysts recommend NUS or VERU?

Nu Skin Enterprises presently has a consensus target price of $6.88, suggesting a potential downside of 1.86%. Veru has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 310.09%. Given Veru's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

Does the media favor NUS or VERU?

In the previous week, Nu Skin Enterprises had 2 more articles in the media than Veru. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Nu Skin Enterprises and 7 mentions for Veru. Veru's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Nu Skin Enterprises' score of 0.47 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Veru	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Nu Skin Enterprises beats Veru on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.