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Helix BioPharma (HBP) Competitors

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C$0.67 -0.03 (-4.29%)
(As of 12:00 PM ET)

HBP vs. MDNA, ONC, COV, SCYB, COM, NVH, IGX, SVA, TH, and PDP

Should you be buying Helix BioPharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helix BioPharma include Medicenna Therapeutics (MDNA), Oncolytics Biotech (ONC), Covalon Technologies (COV), Scythian Biosciences (SCYB), 138267 (COM.TO) (COM), Novoheart (NVH), IntelGenx Technologies (IGX), Sernova (SVA), Theratechnologies (TH), and Pediapharm (PDP). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Helix BioPharma vs.

Medicenna Therapeutics (TSE:MDNA) and Helix BioPharma (TSE:HBP) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.

Medicenna Therapeutics has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helix BioPharma has a beta of -0.84, suggesting that its share price is 184% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Medicenna Therapeutics' return on equity of -105.43% beat Helix BioPharma's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Medicenna TherapeuticsN/A -105.43% -32.80%
Helix BioPharma N/A -2,220.62%-279.98%

In the previous week, Medicenna Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Helix BioPharma. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Medicenna Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Helix BioPharma. Medicenna Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Helix BioPharma'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Medicenna Therapeutics Neutral
Helix BioPharma Neutral

Medicenna Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helix BioPharma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Medicenna TherapeuticsN/AN/A-C$26.24M-C$0.38-4.08
Helix BioPharmaN/AN/A-C$6.14M-C$0.20-3.35

Medicenna Therapeutics received 22 more outperform votes than Helix BioPharma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.22% of users gave Medicenna Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 63.46% of users gave Helix BioPharma an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Medicenna TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
88
68.22%
Underperform Votes
41
31.78%
Helix BioPharmaOutperform Votes
66
63.46%
Underperform Votes
38
36.54%

13.0% of Medicenna Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 22.6% of Medicenna Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Helix BioPharma shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Medicenna Therapeutics beats Helix BioPharma on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HBP vs. The Competition

MetricHelix BioPharmaBiotechnology IndustryMedical SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$32.84MC$163.50MC$5.10BC$6.20B
Dividend Yield1.50%3.50%5.04%5.31%
P/E Ratio-3.35329.4795.1226.60
Price / SalesN/A14,863.411,217.301,488.52
Price / Cash11.3211.6739.4982.35
Price / Book-67.007.066.973.13
Net Income-C$6.14M-C$18.37MC$118.73MC$292.70M
7 Day Performance-1.47%0.21%-1.22%1.40%
1 Month Performance-37.38%8.28%-3.07%13.24%
1 Year Performance191.30%25.08%32.52%44.39%

Helix BioPharma Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HBP
Helix BioPharma
N/AC$0.67
-4.3%
N/A+211.1%C$32.84MN/A-3.359Gap Down
MDNA
Medicenna Therapeutics
N/AC$1.55
+3.3%
N/A+252.9%C$118.47MN/A-3.9520Gap Up
ONC
Oncolytics Biotech
1.4019 of 5 stars
C$1.38
-1.4%
C$3.50
+153.6%
-34.6%C$106.07MN/A-3.6829Analyst Revision
COV
Covalon Technologies
N/AC$3.83
-1.8%
N/A+271.4%C$104.94MC$29.20M-97.50N/A
SCYB
Scythian Biosciences
N/AC$3.49
-5.9%
N/A+0.0%C$102.38MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
COM
138267 (COM.TO)
N/AN/AN/A+0.0%C$102.19MN/A0.00N/A
NVH
Novoheart
N/AC$0.53
+1.9%
N/A+0.0%C$99.98MC$423,500.00-13.95N/A
IGX
IntelGenx Technologies
N/AC$0.58
+1.8%
N/A+0.0%C$87.32MC$1.75M-7.442,050Gap Up
SVA
Sernova
N/AC$0.24
flat
C$1.83
+663.9%
-66.7%C$78.08MN/A-1.851,959Gap Down
TH
Theratechnologies
N/AC$1.68
-1.2%
N/A-9.6%C$77.25MC$82.57M-9.44103
PDP
Pediapharm
N/AC$0.30
+1.7%
N/A+0.0%C$66.36MC$11.16M-4.11N/A

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This page (TSE:HBP) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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