Veru (VERU) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate VERU or NUS?

Veru currently has a consensus target price of $4.33, suggesting a potential upside of 717.61%. Nu Skin Enterprises has a consensus target price of $6.88, suggesting a potential upside of 23.10%. 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
Veru	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Nu Skin Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in VERU or NUS?

47.2% of Veru shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Nu Skin Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of Veru shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Nu Skin Enterprises shares are held 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 and risk, VERU or NUS?

Veru has a beta of -0.69, meaning that its stock price is 169% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nu Skin Enterprises has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VERU or NUS more profitable?

Nu Skin Enterprises has a net margin of -8.46% compared to Veru's net margin of -223.85%. Nu Skin Enterprises' return on equity of 5.86% beat Veru's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Veru	-223.85%	-112.75%	-67.54%
Nu Skin Enterprises	-8.46%	5.86%	2.62%

Does the media favor VERU or NUS?

In the previous week, Nu Skin Enterprises had 3 more articles in the media than Veru. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Nu Skin Enterprises and 1 mentions for Veru. Nu Skin Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Veru's score of 0.94 indicating that Nu Skin Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, VERU or NUS?

Veru has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nu Skin Enterprises. 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
Veru	$16.89M	4.59	-$37.80M	-$0.26	-2.04
Nu Skin Enterprises	$1.73B	0.16	-$146.59M	-$2.95	-1.89

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VERU or NUS?

Nu Skin Enterprises received 240 more outperform votes than Veru when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.82% of users gave Veru an outperform vote while only 63.81% of users gave Nu Skin Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Veru	Outperform Votes 273 69.82%	Underperform Votes 118 30.18%
Nu Skin Enterprises	Outperform Votes 513 63.81%	Underperform Votes 291 36.19%

Summary

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