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Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (FARN) Competitors

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GBX 194.45 -3.05 (-1.54%)
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FARN vs. GNS, ERGO, SLN, PRTC, OXB, HZD, VRP, ARIX, CIR, and 4BB

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

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy vs.

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (LON:FARN) and Genus (LON:GNS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

Genus has higher revenue and earnings than Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy. Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Faron Pharmaceuticals OyN/AN/A-£60.23M-£37.39-5.20
Genus£666.67M1.89£7.87M£12.06159.28

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genus has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Genus had 3 more articles in the media than Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Genus and 0 mentions for Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy. Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Genus' score of 0.30 indicating that Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy Positive
Genus Neutral

10.7% of Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Genus shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.8% of Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Genus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Genus has a consensus target price of GBX 2,150, suggesting a potential upside of 11.89%. Given Genus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Genus is more favorable than Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Genus
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Genus has a net margin of 1.18% compared to Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy's net margin of 0.00%. Genus' return on equity of 1.41% beat Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Faron Pharmaceuticals OyN/A 0.46% -70.00%
Genus 1.18%1.41%3.31%

Genus received 36 more outperform votes than Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.51% of users gave Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy an outperform vote while only 70.60% of users gave Genus an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Faron Pharmaceuticals OyOutperform Votes
317
77.51%
Underperform Votes
92
22.49%
GenusOutperform Votes
353
70.60%
Underperform Votes
147
29.40%

Summary

Genus beats Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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FARN vs. The Competition

MetricFaron Pharmaceuticals OyBiotechnology IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£261.05M£124.50M£5.49B£2.56B
Dividend YieldN/A3.69%5.11%4.97%
P/E Ratio-5.203.2422.61133.01
Price / SalesN/A4,237.86397.51226,951.99
Price / Cash20.0013.0238.1828.11
Price / Book0.1033.096.704.51
Net Income-£60.23M-£90.45M£3.22B£5.84B
7 Day Performance-3.14%4.19%1.26%3.27%
1 Month Performance-6.33%5.61%3.73%9.41%
1 Year Performance34.10%94.28%15.82%114.49%

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FARN
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy
N/AGBX 194.45
-1.5%
N/A+44.8%£261.05MN/A-5.2034Gap Down
GNS
Genus
0.701 of 5 stars
GBX 1,610
+0.2%
GBX 2,150
+33.5%
+2.1%£1.05B£666.67M133.45480Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
ERGO
Ergomed
N/AN/AN/AN/A£701.00M£152.09M4,641.386
SLN
Silence Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/A£480.35M£11.35M-11.01100High Trading Volume
PRTC
PureTech Health
2.0074 of 5 stars
GBX 127.80
-3.6%
GBX 455
+256.0%
-43.1%£383.89M£521,320.79-5.24300High Trading Volume
OXB
Oxford Biomedica
2.4731 of 5 stars
GBX 305.50
+0.7%
GBX 560
+83.3%
+7.0%£324.75M£98.31M-2.27891News Coverage
Gap Down
HZD
Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£302.98M£54.63M-33.55416
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
4BB
4basebio
2.2054 of 5 stars
GBX 1,100.50
-2.2%
GBX 1,600
+45.4%
+2.9%£140.97M£311,000.00-1,410.90101Gap Down

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This page (LON:FARN) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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