AZRX vs. APRE, LEXX, SPRB, DARE, NRXP, ACST, FBRX, SLGL, QLI, and DRRX
Should you be buying AzurRx BioPharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AzurRx BioPharma include Aprea Therapeutics (APRE), Lexaria Bioscience (LEXX), Spruce Biosciences (SPRB), Daré Bioscience (DARE), NRx Pharmaceuticals (NRXP), Acasti Pharma (ACST), Forte Biosciences (FBRX), Sol-Gel Technologies (SLGL), Qilian International Holding Group (QLI), and DURECT (DRRX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Aprea Therapeutics (NASDAQ:APRE) and AzurRx BioPharma (NASDAQ:AZRX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Aprea Therapeutics has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AzurRx BioPharma has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AzurRx BioPharma's return on equity of -65.58% beat Aprea Therapeutics' return on equity.
Aprea Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than AzurRx BioPharma. Aprea Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AzurRx BioPharma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aprea Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 198.08%. Given AzurRx BioPharma's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aprea Therapeutics is more favorable than AzurRx BioPharma.
In the previous week, Aprea Therapeutics had 1 more articles in the media than AzurRx BioPharma. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Aprea Therapeutics and 0 mentions for AzurRx BioPharma. AzurRx BioPharma's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aprea Therapeutics'average media sentiment score.
34.2% of Aprea Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of AzurRx BioPharma shares are held by institutional investors. 20.9% of Aprea Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of AzurRx BioPharma shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
AzurRx BioPharma received 180 more outperform votes than Aprea Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.26% of users gave AzurRx BioPharma an outperform vote while only 51.72% of users gave Aprea Therapeutics an outperform vote.
Summary
Aprea Therapeutics beats AzurRx BioPharma on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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