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4basebio (4BB) Competitors

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GBX 1,005 +5.00 (+0.50%)
As of 07/11/2025 10:56 AM Eastern

4BB vs. SLN, PRTC, OXB, HZD, FARN, VRP, ARIX, CIR, BVXP, and AVCT

Should you be buying 4basebio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 4basebio include Silence Therapeutics (SLN), PureTech Health (PRTC), Oxford Biomedica (OXB), Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) (HZD), Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (FARN), Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L) (VRP), Arix Bioscience (ARIX), Circassia Group (CIR), Bioventix (BVXP), and Avacta Group (AVCT). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

4basebio vs. Its Competitors

Silence Therapeutics (LON:SLN) and 4basebio (LON:4BB) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

2.0% of 4basebio shares are owned by institutional investors. 68.4% of 4basebio shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Silence Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than 4basebio. 4basebio is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silence Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Silence Therapeutics£11.35M0.00N/A-£48.60N/A
4basebio£311K413.96-£9.84M-£0.78-1,288.46

Silence Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat 4basebio's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Silence TherapeuticsN/A N/A N/A
4basebio N/A -231.29%-54.30%

4basebio has a consensus target price of GBX 1,600, indicating a potential upside of 59.20%. Given 4basebio's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe 4basebio is more favorable than Silence Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Silence Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
4basebio
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, 4basebio had 3 more articles in the media than Silence Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for 4basebio and 1 mentions for Silence Therapeutics. Silence Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat 4basebio's score of 0.25 indicating that Silence Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Silence Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
4basebio
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

4basebio beats Silence Therapeutics on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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4BB vs. The Competition

Metric4basebioBiotechnology IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£128.74M£129.37M£5.60B£3.00B
Dividend YieldN/A3.74%5.24%5.02%
P/E Ratio-1,288.463.4727.96150.83
Price / Sales413.964,141.03430.57314,599.97
Price / Cash16.0813.1937.4627.97
Price / Book-24.5142.088.044.59
Net Income-£9.84M-£92.15M£3.18B£5.90B
7 Day Performance2.03%1.25%3.63%11.51%
1 Month Performance-5.19%4.29%4.04%7.92%
1 Year Performance-34.53%174.68%29.56%32.06%

4basebio Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
4BB
4basebio
1.6869 of 5 stars
GBX 1,005
+0.5%
GBX 1,600
+59.2%
-35.1%£128.74M£311K-1,288.46101News Coverage
SLN
Silence Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/A£480.35M£11.35M-11.01100High Trading Volume
PRTC
PureTech Health
2.7817 of 5 stars
GBX 129.80
+1.6%
GBX 455
+250.5%
-28.5%£389.90M£521.32K-5.33300Positive News
OXB
Oxford Biomedica
0.6753 of 5 stars
GBX 347.50
+1.2%
GBX 380
+9.4%
+2.5%£369.40M£98.31M-2.58891Positive News
HZD
Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£302.98M£54.63M-33.55416
FARN
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy
N/AGBX 214
-0.5%
N/A+60.1%£287.30MN/A-5.7234News Coverage
VRP
Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£228MN/A-1.6822Gap Up
ARIX
Arix Bioscience
N/AN/AN/AN/A£183.73M£14.16M1,290.919
CIR
Circassia Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£142.66M£27.90M3,400.00111Gap Down
BVXP
Bioventix
N/AGBX 2,650
-1.1%
N/A-33.6%£138.76M£13.65M17.1412News Coverage
AVCT
Avacta Group
N/AGBX 32
+1.6%
N/A-59.3%£121.57M£26.29M-4.12120

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This page (LON:4BB) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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