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Aptamer Group (APTA) Competitors

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As of 08/1/2025 11:23 AM Eastern

APTA vs. SAR, OKYO, AREC, AOR, POLB, RLM, NSCI, OPTI, IXI, and OBD

Should you be buying Aptamer Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aptamer Group include Sareum (SAR), OKYO Pharma (OKYO), Arecor Therapeutics (AREC), AorTech International (AOR), Poolbeg Pharma (POLB), Realm Therapeutics (RLM), NetScientific (NSCI), OptiBiotix Health (OPTI), IXICO (IXI), and Oxford BioDynamics (OBD). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Aptamer Group vs. Its Competitors

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

Aptamer Group has a beta of -0.52, indicating that its stock price is 152% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sareum has a beta of -1.08, indicating that its stock price is 208% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Sareum has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aptamer Group's net margin of -343.95%. Aptamer Group's return on equity of -205.63% beat Sareum's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aptamer Group-343.95% -205.63% -44.96%
Sareum N/A -270.25%-113.80%

In the previous week, Aptamer Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Sareum'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Aptamer Group Neutral
Sareum Neutral

11.7% of Aptamer Group shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of Aptamer Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Sareum shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Sareum has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aptamer Group. Sareum 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
Aptamer Group£4.12M1.73-£14.17M-£0.71-0.50
SareumN/AN/A-£5.28M-£4.22-4.01

Summary

Aptamer Group beats Sareum on 8 of the 10 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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APTA vs. The Competition

MetricAptamer GroupBiotechnology IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£7.12M£134.48M£5.49B£3.03B
Dividend YieldN/A3.74%4.73%5.02%
P/E Ratio-0.503.8128.75176.75
Price / Sales1.734,246.60372.20264,362.45
Price / CashN/A13.1935.4527.97
Price / Book1.6839.388.274.53
Net Income-£14.17M-£90.99M£3.25B£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.99%-1.82%-3.72%12.58%
1 Month Performance-1.38%11.23%4.30%6.10%
1 Year Performance52.34%189.82%25.87%71.60%

Aptamer Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APTA
Aptamer Group
N/AGBX 0.36
-1.9%
N/A+27.9%£7.12M£4.12M-0.5037Gap Down
SAR
Sareum
N/AGBX 18.90
+5.0%
N/A-43.5%£23.61MN/A-4.483,211
OKYO
OKYO Pharma
N/AN/AN/AN/A£23.24MN/A-140.007Gap Down
AREC
Arecor Therapeutics
N/AGBX 55
+5.8%
N/A-36.3%£20.77M£6.04M-1.9410News Coverage
High Trading Volume
AOR
AorTech International
N/AN/AN/AN/A£19.99M£539K-33.383
POLB
Poolbeg Pharma
N/AGBX 2.89
-6.8%
N/A-77.1%£14.85MN/A0.0012High Trading Volume
RLM
Realm Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/A£13.41M£501.92K-0.66N/A
NSCI
NetScientific
N/AN/AN/AN/A£12.81M£1.45M-486.3626
OPTI
OptiBiotix Health
N/AGBX 11.50
+2.2%
N/A-54.4%£11.26M£590.01K-3.641
IXI
IXICO
N/AGBX 11.80
+12.4%
N/A+73.5%£10.94M£11.50M-3.0689Gap Up
High Trading Volume
OBD
Oxford BioDynamics
N/AGBX 0.49
-5.8%
N/A-92.3%£9.14M£5.75M-0.0945

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This page (LON:APTA) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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