Veru (VERU) Competitors $0.71 0.00 (-0.34%) (As of 09:57 AM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends VERU vs. NUS, NATR, MED, EL, IPAR, PBH, HLF, USNA, GHRS, and ALMSShould you be buying Veru stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veru include Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS), Nature's Sunshine Products (NATR), Medifast (MED), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Inter Parfums (IPAR), Prestige Consumer Healthcare (PBH), Herbalife (HLF), USANA Health Sciences (USNA), GH Research (GHRS), and Alumis (ALMS). Veru vs. Nu Skin Enterprises Nature's Sunshine Products Medifast Estée Lauder Companies Inter Parfums Prestige Consumer Healthcare Herbalife USANA Health Sciences GH Research Alumis Veru (NASDAQ:VERU) and Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE:NUS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk. Which has more volatility & risk, VERU or NUS? Veru has a beta of -0.5, suggesting that its share price is 150% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nu Skin Enterprises has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to VERU or NUS? In the previous week, Veru had 1 more articles in the media than Nu Skin Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Veru and 3 mentions for Nu Skin Enterprises. Nu Skin Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Veru's score of 0.43 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) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Nu Skin Enterprises 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Does the MarketBeat Community favor VERU or NUS? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformVeruOutperform Votes27169.67% Underperform Votes11830.33% Nu Skin EnterprisesOutperform Votes51264.00% Underperform Votes28836.00% Do analysts rate VERU or NUS? Veru presently has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 462.67%. Nu Skin Enterprises has a consensus target price of $8.88, indicating a potential upside of 20.42%. Given Veru's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Nu Skin Enterprises 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Which has preferable earnings & valuation, VERU or NUS? 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioVeru$14.09M7.38-$93.15M-$0.48-1.48Nu Skin Enterprises$1.97B0.19$8.60M-$2.07-3.56 Is VERU or NUS 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 Veru-376.38% -115.99% -66.94% Nu Skin Enterprises -5.81%5.47%2.46% Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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. 14.2% of Veru shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Nu Skin Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. SummaryVeru and Nu Skin Enterprises tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart VERU vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricVeruPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$104.06M$6.85B$5.15B$9.28BDividend YieldN/A3.06%4.81%4.06%P/E Ratio-1.4810.79135.4217.51Price / Sales7.38286.571,184.62142.21Price / CashN/A56.6540.4237.95Price / Book3.235.404.894.94Net Income-$93.15M$152.04M$118.71M$225.59M7 Day Performance-3.23%-4.19%15.74%-1.07%1 Month Performance20.45%2.70%15.70%7.23%1 Year Performance4.56%17.16%34.85%22.97% Veru Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)VERUVeru2.1313 of 5 stars$0.71-0.3%$4.00+462.7%-6.1%$104.06M$14.09M-1.48189Earnings ReportNews CoverageGap DownNUSNu Skin Enterprises4.315 of 5 stars$7.34-2.0%$8.88+20.9%-62.2%$364.88M$1.78B-3.593,700Positive NewsNATRNature's Sunshine Products3.3694 of 5 stars$15.64+0.2%$19.00+21.5%-5.2%$288.97M$445.10M17.55814MEDMedifast1.3306 of 5 stars$18.08-5.6%$17.00-6.0%-72.8%$197.76M$674.48M29.03870ELEstée Lauder Companies4.9292 of 5 stars$79.41-0.8%$98.57+24.1%-45.6%$28.51B$15.61B142.9362,000Short Interest ↓Positive NewsIPARInter Parfums4.0972 of 5 stars$135.88-0.2%$159.75+17.6%-5.5%$4.35B$1.42B29.36530Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↑Positive NewsPBHPrestige Consumer Healthcare3.8834 of 5 stars$82.65+0.4%$85.25+3.1%+34.2%$4.08B$1.11B20.02540Positive NewsHLFHerbalife4.6849 of 5 stars$7.25-3.1%$9.90+36.6%-51.9%$730.74M$5.00B8.669,200USNAUSANA Health Sciences2.7941 of 5 stars$36.58-0.2%$35.00-4.3%-30.7%$697.22M$921.01M12.951,800GHRSGH Research1.9124 of 5 stars$8.20+5.9%$35.67+335.0%+51.3%$426.63MN/A-9.8010Positive NewsALMSAlumisN/A$8.63+2.9%$26.83+210.9%N/A$407.53MN/A0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies NUS Alternatives NATR Alternatives MED Alternatives EL Alternatives IPAR Alternatives PBH Alternatives HLF Alternatives USNA Alternatives GHRS Alternatives ALMS Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:VERU) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersUncover the Top Gold Stock of the Bull MarketGold Stocks Are Surging—Is West Red Lake Gold Mines Your Next Profit Play?Huge Alerts | SponsoredHow this >10-cent coin is going to outperform Bitcoin Chris Rowe – the man who recommended Amazon in 1998… Bitcoin and Ethereum in 2017… And has spotted 44 diffe...True Market Insiders | SponsoredHealthcare Takes A Big Step Forward With The Help of A.I.To date, we've seen baseline AI models lay the groundwork. 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