AYTU vs. BNTC, MNOV, GNLX, ELDN, CKPT, VHAQ, AEON, SNGX, CNSP, and CELU
Should you be buying Aytu BioPharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aytu BioPharma include Benitec Biopharma (BNTC), MediciNova (MNOV), Genelux (GNLX), Eledon Pharmaceuticals (ELDN), Checkpoint Therapeutics (CKPT), Viveon Health Acquisition (VHAQ), AEON Biopharma (AEON), Soligenix (SNGX), CNS Pharmaceuticals (CNSP), and Celularity (CELU). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Aytu BioPharma (NASDAQ:AYTU) and Benitec Biopharma (NASDAQ:BNTC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Benitec Biopharma has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aytu BioPharma's net margin of -14.60%. Aytu BioPharma's return on equity of -31.31% beat Benitec Biopharma's return on equity.
Aytu BioPharma received 74 more outperform votes than Benitec Biopharma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.11% of users gave Aytu BioPharma an outperform vote while only 63.73% of users gave Benitec Biopharma an outperform vote.
33.5% of Aytu BioPharma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.2% of Benitec Biopharma shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Aytu BioPharma shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Benitec Biopharma shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Aytu BioPharma has higher revenue and earnings than Benitec Biopharma.
In the previous week, Benitec Biopharma had 1 more articles in the media than Aytu BioPharma. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Benitec Biopharma and 0 mentions for Aytu BioPharma. Benitec Biopharma's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Aytu BioPharma's score of 0.00 indicating that Benitec Biopharma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aytu BioPharma currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 61.29%. Benitec Biopharma has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 116.51%. Given Benitec Biopharma's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Benitec Biopharma is more favorable than Aytu BioPharma.
Aytu BioPharma has a beta of -1.31, meaning that its stock price is 231% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Benitec Biopharma has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Benitec Biopharma beats Aytu BioPharma on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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