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Arecor Therapeutics (AREC) Competitors

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GBX 73.44 +1.44 (+2.00%)
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AREC vs. SCLP, MPH, OBI, ORPH, HVO, REDX, IMM, ETX, HEMO, and SBTX

Should you be buying Arecor Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arecor Therapeutics include Scancell (SCLP), Mereo BioPharma Group plc (MPH.L) (MPH), Ondine Biomedical (OBI), Open Orphan (ORPH), hVIVO (HVO), Redx Pharma (REDX), ImmuPharma (IMM), e-therapeutics (ETX), Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals (HEMO), and SkinBioTherapeutics (SBTX). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Arecor Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

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

Scancell has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arecor Therapeutics has a beta of -0.18, suggesting that its stock price is 118% less volatile than the S&P 500.

0.9% of Scancell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.0% of Arecor Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.2% of Scancell shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Arecor Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Scancell has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Arecor Therapeutics' net margin of -176.89%. Scancell's return on equity of 98.74% beat Arecor Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ScancellN/A 98.74% -45.28%
Arecor Therapeutics -176.89%-118.67%-37.31%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Scancell£4.71M22.69-£6.75M-£0.02-495.19
Arecor Therapeutics£5.05M5.49-£10.68M-£0.31-236.90

In the previous week, Scancell had 7 more articles in the media than Arecor Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Scancell and 0 mentions for Arecor Therapeutics. Scancell's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Arecor Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Scancell is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Scancell Positive
Arecor Therapeutics Neutral

Summary

Scancell beats Arecor Therapeutics on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AREC vs. The Competition

MetricArecor TherapeuticsBiotechnology IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£27.73M£237.84M£5.77B£2.58B
Dividend YieldN/A3.78%5.74%5.31%
P/E Ratio-236.9041.0176.875,427.87
Price / Sales5.494,907.50543.1897,460.81
Price / Cash5.0713.1937.1727.93
Price / Book4.43136.7513.839.27
Net Income-£10.68M-£90.99M£3.29B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.49%0.58%1.57%0.59%
1 Month Performance14.09%19.80%6.87%3.21%
1 Year Performance7.60%785.61%81.58%186.69%

Arecor Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AREC
Arecor Therapeutics
N/AGBX 73.44
+2.0%
N/A-3.4%£27.73M£5.05M-236.9010Gap Up
SCLP
Scancell
N/AGBX 9.15
+2.8%
N/A-32.7%£92.36M£4.71M-439.9051Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
MPH
Mereo BioPharma Group plc (MPH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£89.76MN/A-0.2150Gap Down
OBI
Ondine Biomedical
N/AC$15.00
-3.2%
N/A+181.8%C$80.35MC$2.05M-214.29N/ANews Coverage
ORPH
Open Orphan
N/AN/AN/AN/A£67.09M£34.71M-25.30179
HVO
hVIVO
1.8391 of 5 stars
GBX 9.70
+0.5%
GBX 28
+188.7%
-66.1%£66.32M£62.73M625.81N/A
REDX
Redx Pharma
N/AN/AN/AN/A£58.35M£4.20M-150.00101Gap Up
High Trading Volume
IMM
ImmuPharma
N/AGBX 13.98
+28.8%
N/A+627.5%£54.22MN/A-1,570.6713Trending News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ETX
e-therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/A£52.59M£295K-450.0035High Trading Volume
HEMO
Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals
N/AGBX 1,010
+9.7%
N/A+101,425.6%£51.67MN/A-557.7014News Coverage
Gap Down
SBTX
SkinBioTherapeutics
N/AGBX 16.43
+1.1%
N/A+53.5%£42.05M£2.68M-1,314.0011

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This page (LON:AREC) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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