FUM vs. FARN, SCLP, 4BB, POLB, REDX, ETX, TRX, AREC, AVCT, and C4XD
Should you be buying Futura Medical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Futura Medical include Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (FARN), Scancell (SCLP), 4basebio (4BB), Poolbeg Pharma (POLB), Redx Pharma (REDX), e-therapeutics (ETX), Tissue Regenix Group (TRX), Arecor Therapeutics (AREC), Avacta Group (AVCT), and C4X Discovery (C4XD). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (LON:FARN) and Futura Medical (LON:FUM) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
13.2% of Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.0% of Futura Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 41.8% of Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.9% of Futura Medical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Futura Medical had 1 more articles in the media than Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Futura Medical and 2 mentions for Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy. Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Futura Medical's score of 0.00 indicating that Futura Medical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Futura Medical has higher revenue and earnings than Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy. Futura Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy's net margin of -299.73%. Futura Medical's return on equity of 0.00% beat Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy's return on equity.
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy has a beta of -0.14, indicating that its share price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Futura Medical has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy received 131 more outperform votes than Futura Medical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.51% of users gave Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy an outperform vote while only 64.36% of users gave Futura Medical an outperform vote.
Summary
Futura Medical beats Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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