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Arecor Therapeutics (AREC) Competitors

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GBX 62.10 +3.10 (+5.25%)
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AREC vs. HVO, ORPH, REDX, ETX, FUM, SBTX, COS, TRX, C4XD, and DDDD

Should you be buying Arecor Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arecor Therapeutics include hVIVO (HVO), Open Orphan (ORPH), Redx Pharma (REDX), e-therapeutics (ETX), Futura Medical (FUM), SkinBioTherapeutics (SBTX), Collagen Solutions plc (COS.L) (COS), Tissue Regenix Group (TRX), C4X Discovery (C4XD), and 4D pharma (DDDD). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Arecor Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

hVIVO (LON:HVO) and Arecor Therapeutics (LON:AREC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

hVIVO has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arecor Therapeutics has a beta of -0.18, suggesting that its share price is 118% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
hVIVO£68.74M1.12£17.84M£2.424.48
Arecor Therapeutics£6.04M3.88-£10.68M-£28.30-2.19

hVIVO has a net margin of 25.96% compared to Arecor Therapeutics' net margin of -176.89%. hVIVO's return on equity of 47.93% beat Arecor Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
hVIVO25.96% 47.93% 11.97%
Arecor Therapeutics -176.89%-118.67%-37.31%

34.9% of hVIVO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Arecor Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 14.0% of hVIVO shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of Arecor Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

hVIVO presently has a consensus price target of GBX 28, indicating a potential upside of 158.06%. Given hVIVO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe hVIVO is more favorable than Arecor Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
hVIVO
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Arecor Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, hVIVO's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Arecor Therapeutics'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
hVIVO Neutral
Arecor Therapeutics Neutral

Summary

hVIVO beats Arecor Therapeutics on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AREC vs. The Competition

MetricArecor TherapeuticsBiotechnology IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£23.45M£134.49M£5.45B£3.07B
Dividend YieldN/A3.74%3.99%5.03%
P/E Ratio-2.193.7930.11170.63
Price / Sales3.884,344.35379.24303,754.90
Price / Cash5.0713.1935.9427.96
Price / Book3.7538.648.134.52
Net Income-£10.68M-£90.30M£3.26B£5.90B
7 Day Performance7.07%1.91%1.15%1.25%
1 Month Performance30.27%4.04%2.82%3.74%
1 Year Performance-32.13%180.44%28.41%58.02%

Arecor Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AREC
Arecor Therapeutics
N/AGBX 62.10
+5.3%
N/A-34.4%£23.45M£6.04M-2.1910High Trading Volume
HVO
hVIVO
N/AGBX 10
-2.4%
GBX 28
+180.0%
-65.0%£70.76M£68.74M4.12N/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
FUM
Futura Medical
N/AGBX 12.50
+2.0%
N/A-65.5%£38.96M£8.68M-10.3112News Coverage
Positive News
SBTX
SkinBioTherapeutics
N/AGBX 17
+1.5%
N/A+24.5%£38.83M£1.56M-10.4611
COS
Collagen Solutions plc (COS.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£30.99M£4.01M-8.283,350
TRX
Tissue Regenix Group
N/AGBX 34
-4.2%
N/A-48.8%£30.65M£31.98M-35.10120High Trading Volume
C4XD
C4X Discovery
N/AN/AN/AN/A£30.27M£24.68M300.0049High Trading Volume
DDDD
4D pharma
N/AN/AN/AN/A£30.05M£718K-1.08106

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