Free Trial

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (FARN) Competitors

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy logo
GBX 231 +8.00 (+3.59%)
As of 03:32 AM Eastern

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

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

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy vs.

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

Oxford Nanopore Technologies currently has a consensus target price of GBX 233.33, suggesting a potential upside of 87.65%. Given Oxford Nanopore Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Oxford Nanopore Technologies is more favorable than Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Oxford Nanopore Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy received 283 more outperform votes than Oxford Nanopore Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Oxford Nanopore Technologies an outperform vote while only 77.51% of users gave Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Oxford Nanopore TechnologiesOutperform Votes
34
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Faron Pharmaceuticals OyOutperform Votes
317
77.51%
Underperform Votes
92
22.49%

Oxford Nanopore Technologies has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Oxford Nanopore Technologies' net margin of -94.82%. Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy's return on equity of 0.46% beat Oxford Nanopore Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Oxford Nanopore Technologies-94.82% -26.02% -14.42%
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy N/A 0.46%-70.00%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Oxford Nanopore Technologies£184.78M6.39-£175.21M-£18.58-6.69
Faron Pharmaceuticals OyN/AN/A-£60.23M-£37.39-6.18

In the previous week, Oxford Nanopore Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Oxford Nanopore Technologies and 3 mentions for Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy. Oxford Nanopore Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy's score of 0.70 indicating that Oxford Nanopore Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Oxford Nanopore Technologies
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

38.4% of Oxford Nanopore Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy shares are held by institutional investors. 32.6% of Oxford Nanopore Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Oxford Nanopore Technologies beats Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FARN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

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.
Skip Chart

FARN vs. The Competition

MetricFaron Pharmaceuticals OyBiotechnology IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£310.12M£129.31M£5.37B£2.66B
Dividend YieldN/A3.74%5.22%5.05%
P/E Ratio-6.183.4426.77129.43
Price / SalesN/A4,251.39393.17213,642.06
Price / Cash20.0013.1938.2528.02
Price / Book0.1233.126.793.79
Net Income-£60.23M-£91.56M£3.23B£5.88B
7 Day Performance2.08%3.25%1.53%0.69%
1 Month Performance8.15%8.05%10.06%22.14%
1 Year Performance0.43%101.86%16.74%119.58%

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FARN
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy
N/AGBX 231
+3.6%
N/A-6.3%£310.12MN/A-6.1834Gap Up
ONT
Oxford Nanopore Technologies
2.4322 of 5 stars
GBX 124.47
+0.1%
GBX 233.33
+87.5%
+21.2%£1.18B£184.78M-6.701,281Positive News
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
1.3344 of 5 stars
GBX 135
+4.3%
GBX 455
+237.0%
-40.3%£405.51M£521,320.79-5.54300
OXB
Oxford Biomedica
2.192 of 5 stars
GBX 304.50
-1.0%
GBX 380
+24.8%
-8.1%£323.69M£98.31M-2.26891
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
BVXP
Bioventix
N/AGBX 2,890
-2.0%
N/A-33.9%£151.33M£13.65M18.6912News Coverage
4BB
4basebio
N/AGBX 1,145
+1.8%
GBX 1,600
+39.7%
-18.5%£146.67M£311,000.00-1,467.95101News Coverage
Gap Down

Related Companies and Tools


This page (LON:FARN) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners