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Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (FARN) Competitors

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GBX 215 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 07/4/2025

FARN vs. ERGO, SLN, PRTC, OXB, HZD, VRP, ARIX, CIR, BVXP, and 4BB

Should you be buying Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy include 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), Bioventix (BVXP), and 4basebio (4BB). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy vs. Its Competitors

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (LON:FARN) and Ergomed (LON:ERGO) 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, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

10.7% of Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.1% of Ergomed shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.8% of Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.2% of Ergomed shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Ergomed has higher revenue and earnings than Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy. Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ergomed, 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-£37.39-5.75
Ergomed£152.09M0.00£15M£0.29N/A

In the previous week, Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy had 2 more articles in the media than Ergomed. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy and 0 mentions for Ergomed. Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Ergomed's score of 0.00 indicating that Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy Positive
Ergomed Neutral

Ergomed has a net margin of 9.87% compared to Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy's net margin of 0.00%. Ergomed's return on equity of 18.08% 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%
Ergomed 9.87%18.08%10.16%

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ergomed has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ergomed beats Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy on 9 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

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£288.64M£128.01M£5.53B£2.96B
Dividend YieldN/A3.74%5.24%5.02%
P/E Ratio-5.753.4227.52146.57
Price / SalesN/A4,204.64421.02240,177.01
Price / Cash20.0013.1936.8927.97
Price / Book0.1143.018.045.30
Net Income-£60.23M-£92.79M£3.18B£5.90B
7 Day Performance10.54%2.40%2.90%1.00%
1 Month Performance1.65%2.53%3.70%5.02%
1 Year Performance125.84%190.62%36.15%81.50%

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FARN
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy
N/AGBX 215
flat
N/A+132.2%£288.64MN/A-5.7534Positive News
Gap Up
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
3.0775 of 5 stars
GBX 126.80
+0.6%
GBX 455
+258.8%
-29.2%£380.88M£521.32K-5.20300News Coverage
Insider Trade
OXB
Oxford Biomedica
2.3295 of 5 stars
GBX 320
+0.5%
GBX 380
+18.8%
+0.0%£340.16M£98.31M-2.38891Positive News
Gap Up
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-1.6822Positive News
Gap 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
BVXP
Bioventix
N/AGBX 2,723
-9.8%
N/A-38.5%£142.59M£13.65M17.6112Gap Down
4BB
4basebio
2.1319 of 5 stars
GBX 967.50
-1.8%
GBX 1,600
+65.4%
-36.5%£123.94M£311K-1,240.38101

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This page (LON:FARN) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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