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Aptamer Group (APTA) Competitors

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APTA vs. SCLP, MPH, HVO, ORPH, REDX, ETX, SBTX, HEMO, COS, and C4XD

Should you be buying Aptamer Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aptamer Group include Scancell (SCLP), Mereo BioPharma Group plc (MPH.L) (MPH), hVIVO (HVO), Open Orphan (ORPH), Redx Pharma (REDX), e-therapeutics (ETX), SkinBioTherapeutics (SBTX), Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals (HEMO), Collagen Solutions plc (COS.L) (COS), and C4X Discovery (C4XD). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Aptamer Group vs. Its Competitors

Scancell (LON:SCLP) and Aptamer Group (LON:APTA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Scancell has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aptamer Group. Scancell is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aptamer Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ScancellN/AN/A-£6.75M-£0.02-439.90
Aptamer Group£1.22M24.42-£14.17M-£0.00-392.86

0.9% of Scancell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of Aptamer Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.2% of Scancell shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Aptamer Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Scancell has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aptamer Group's net margin of -343.95%. Scancell's return on equity of 98.74% beat Aptamer Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ScancellN/A 98.74% -45.28%
Aptamer Group -343.95%-205.63%-44.96%

In the previous week, Aptamer Group had 3 more articles in the media than Scancell. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Aptamer Group and 2 mentions for Scancell. Aptamer Group's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Scancell's score of 0.38 indicating that Aptamer Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Scancell
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Aptamer Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Scancell has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptamer Group has a beta of -0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 152% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Aptamer Group beats Scancell 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

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APTA vs. The Competition

MetricAptamer GroupBiotechnology IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£29.67M£236.99M£5.87B£2.58B
Dividend YieldN/A3.78%5.68%5.30%
P/E Ratio-392.8641.0874.525,410.64
Price / Sales24.424,994.02549.7896,691.09
Price / CashN/A13.1937.5627.93
Price / Book5.15103.7512.167.76
Net Income-£14.17M-£90.99M£3.28B£5.89B
7 Day Performance10.00%2.71%0.87%6.47%
1 Month Performance71.61%21.05%4.96%55.91%
1 Year Performance370.09%530.95%60.74%147.81%

Aptamer Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APTA
Aptamer Group
N/AGBX 1.10
flat
N/A+358.3%£29.67M£1.22M-392.8637News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
SCLP
Scancell
N/AGBX 8.87
-1.4%
N/A-43.0%£92.09MN/A-426.6351News Coverage
Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
MPH
Mereo BioPharma Group plc (MPH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£89.76MN/A-0.2150Gap Down
HVO
hVIVO
1.7742 of 5 stars
GBX 10.10
+1.0%
GBX 28
+177.2%
-66.3%£69.41M£62.73M651.61N/ANews Coverage
ORPH
Open Orphan
N/AN/AN/AN/A£67.09M£34.71M-25.30179
REDX
Redx Pharma
N/AN/AN/AN/A£58.35M£4.20M-150.00101Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ETX
e-therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/A£52.59M£295K-450.0035High Trading Volume
SBTX
SkinBioTherapeutics
N/AGBX 15
+1.7%
N/A+31.4%£38.82M£2.68M-1,200.0011
HEMO
Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals
N/AGBX 758
+26.3%
N/A+63,025.0%£34.82MN/A-418.5514Gap Down
High Trading Volume
COS
Collagen Solutions plc (COS.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£30.99M£4.01M-8.283,350
C4XD
C4X Discovery
N/AN/AN/AN/A£30.27M£24.68M300.0049High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:APTA) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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