VIRI vs. CVKD, TRVN, BNOX, NCNA, BFRI, CYCN, VCNX, EFTR, HEPA, and UPC
Should you be buying Virios Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virios Therapeutics include Cadrenal Therapeutics (CVKD), Trevena (TRVN), Bionomics (BNOX), NuCana (NCNA), Biofrontera (BFRI), Cyclerion Therapeutics (CYCN), Vaccinex (VCNX), eFFECTOR Therapeutics (EFTR), Hepion Pharmaceuticals (HEPA), and Universe Pharmaceuticals (UPC). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Virios Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VIRI) and Cadrenal Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CVKD) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Cadrenal Therapeutics received 2 more outperform votes than Virios Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Cadrenal Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Virios Therapeutics an outperform vote.
Cadrenal Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 713.76%. Given Cadrenal Therapeutics' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cadrenal Therapeutics is more favorable than Virios Therapeutics.
Virios Therapeutics has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadrenal Therapeutics has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
9.1% of Virios Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Cadrenal Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of Virios Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 58.1% of Cadrenal Therapeutics shares are owned 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.
Cadrenal Therapeutics' return on equity of -75.11% beat Virios Therapeutics' return on equity.
Virios Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cadrenal Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Virios Therapeutics had 10 more articles in the media than Cadrenal Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Virios Therapeutics and 4 mentions for Cadrenal Therapeutics. Virios Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Cadrenal Therapeutics' score of 0.35 indicating that Virios Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Cadrenal Therapeutics beats Virios Therapeutics on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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