NBTX vs. EPIX, FBLG, AQST, PROC, AKBA, VSTM, URGN, XOMA, VNDA, and NLTX
Should you be buying Nanobiotix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nanobiotix include ESSA Pharma (EPIX), FibroBiologics (FBLG), Aquestive Therapeutics (AQST), Procaps Group (PROC), Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA), Verastem (VSTM), UroGen Pharma (URGN), XOMA (XOMA), Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA), and Neoleukin Therapeutics (NLTX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
ESSA Pharma (NASDAQ:EPIX) and Nanobiotix (NASDAQ:NBTX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
75.1% of ESSA Pharma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.8% of Nanobiotix shares are held by institutional investors. 14.7% of ESSA Pharma shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Nanobiotix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, ESSA Pharma had 4 more articles in the media than Nanobiotix. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ESSA Pharma and 3 mentions for Nanobiotix. ESSA Pharma's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Nanobiotix's score of 0.82 indicating that Nanobiotix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ESSA Pharma has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nanobiotix.
ESSA Pharma received 338 more outperform votes than Nanobiotix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.32% of users gave ESSA Pharma an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Nanobiotix an outperform vote.
ESSA Pharma's return on equity of 0.00% beat Nanobiotix's return on equity.
ESSA Pharma has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nanobiotix has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ESSA Pharma currently has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 166.13%. Nanobiotix has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.48%. Given Nanobiotix's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ESSA Pharma is more favorable than Nanobiotix.
Summary
ESSA Pharma beats Nanobiotix on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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