APM vs. MRKR, EYEN, VSTM, CLSD, PRPH, LFVN, ETON, TLSA, PMVP, and RLMD
Should you be buying Aptorum Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aptorum Group include Marker Therapeutics (MRKR), Eyenovia (EYEN), Verastem (VSTM), Clearside Biomedical (CLSD), ProPhase Labs (PRPH), LifeVantage (LFVN), Eton Pharmaceuticals (ETON), Tiziana Life Sciences (TLSA), PMV Pharmaceuticals (PMVP), and Relmada Therapeutics (RLMD). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Aptorum Group (NASDAQ:APM) and Marker Therapeutics (NASDAQ:MRKR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
Aptorum Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Marker Therapeutics.
Aptorum Group has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marker Therapeutics has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Marker Therapeutics received 30 more outperform votes than Aptorum Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.33% of users gave Aptorum Group an outperform vote while only 63.39% of users gave Marker Therapeutics an outperform vote.
3.8% of Aptorum Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.4% of Marker Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.0% of Aptorum Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Marker Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Marker Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 184.24%. Given Marker Therapeutics' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Marker Therapeutics is more favorable than Aptorum Group.
In the previous week, Aptorum Group and Aptorum Group both had 2 articles in the media. Aptorum Group's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Marker Therapeutics' score of 0.73 indicating that Aptorum Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aptorum Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Marker Therapeutics' net margin of -142.62%. Aptorum Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Marker Therapeutics' return on equity.
Summary
Aptorum Group beats Marker Therapeutics on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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