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Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (FARN) Competitors

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GBX 195 +2.50 (+1.30%)
(As of 12/4/2024 ET)

FARN vs. ERGO, SLN, OXB, PRTC, HZD, VRP, BVXP, ARIX, AVCT, 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), Oxford Biomedica (OXB), PureTech Health (PRTC), Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) (HZD), Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L) (VRP), Bioventix (BVXP), Arix Bioscience (ARIX), Avacta Group (AVCT), and 4basebio (4BB). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy vs.

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

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. Ergomed's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy's score of -0.07 indicating that Ergomed is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy Neutral
Ergomed Neutral

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy received 75 more outperform votes than Ergomed when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.51% of users gave Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy an outperform vote while only 75.63% of users gave Ergomed an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Faron Pharmaceuticals OyOutperform Votes
317
77.51%
Underperform Votes
92
22.49%
ErgomedOutperform Votes
242
75.63%
Underperform Votes
78
24.38%

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.

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 insiders. Comparatively, 18.2% of Ergomed shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 Oy-£725K-281.39-£31.61M-£0.32-609.38
Ergomed£152.09M4.61£15M£0.294,641.38

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 N/A -70.00%
Ergomed 9.87%18.08%10.16%

Summary

Ergomed beats Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FARN vs. The Competition

MetricFaron Pharmaceuticals OyBiotechnology IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£204.01M£127.71M£5.26B£1.41B
Dividend YieldN/A3.69%5.33%11.94%
P/E Ratio-609.38191.13122.251,539.05
Price / Sales-281.3917,797.241,289.58392,710.40
Price / Cash20.0012.0242.8432.78
Price / Book195.008.174.832.95
Net Income-£31.61M-£13.04M£119.60M£130.48M
7 Day Performance16.42%1.56%3.27%9.82%
1 Month Performance25.00%10.19%2.65%9.83%
1 Year Performance-26.69%26.10%32.74%107.79%

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FARN
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy
N/AGBX 195
+1.3%
N/A-23.1%£204.01M£-725,000.00-609.3834News Coverage
Gap Up
ERGO
Ergomed
N/AGBX 1,346
flat
N/A+0.0%£701.00M£152.09M4,641.386
SLN
Silence Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/A+0.0%£480.35M£11.35M-11.01100High Trading Volume
OXB
Oxford Biomedica
N/AGBX 425.50
-0.7%
GBX 433.33
+1.8%
+145.7%£448.31M£97.28M-295.49891
PRTC
PureTech Health
N/AGBX 167.40
+0.4%
N/A+11.7%£400.79M£3.33M-715.20300Gap Up
HZD
Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L)
N/AGBX 184.50
flat
N/AN/A£302.98M£54.63M-33.55416
VRP
Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L)
N/AGBX 55
+5.8%
N/AN/A£228MN/A-1.6822Gap Up
BVXP
Bioventix
N/AGBX 3,750
+1.4%
N/A-4.5%£195.75M£13.60M2,269.9412News Coverage
Gap Up
ARIX
Arix Bioscience
N/AN/AN/A+27.6%£183.73M£14.16M1,290.919
AVCT
Avacta Group
N/AGBX 47
-2.5%
N/A-65.5%£168.40M£22.62M-522.22120Gap Up
4BB
4basebio
N/AGBX 1,304
+0.3%
N/A+124.9%£167.04M£311,000.00-1,671.79101

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This page (LON:FARN) was last updated on 12/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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