FARN vs. ONT, ERGO, SLN, PRTC, OXB, HZD, VRP, ARIX, BVXP, and CIR
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 Circassia Group (CIR). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy vs. Its Competitors
Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) and Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (LON:FARN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Oxford Nanopore Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Oxford Nanopore Technologies and 0 mentions for Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy. Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Oxford Nanopore Technologies' score of 0.95 indicating that Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Oxford Nanopore Technologies currently has a consensus target price of GBX 233.33, indicating a potential upside of 94.12%. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Oxford Nanopore Technologies beats Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:FARN) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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