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hVIVO (HVO) Competitors

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HVO vs. PRTC, VRP, FARN, AVCT, ARIX, CIR, BVXP, 4BB, TILS, and VSN

Should you be buying hVIVO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of hVIVO include PureTech Health (PRTC), Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L) (VRP), Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (FARN), Avacta Group (AVCT), Arix Bioscience (ARIX), Circassia Group (CIR), Bioventix (BVXP), 4basebio (4BB), Tiziana Life Sciences (TILS), and Verseon (VSN). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

hVIVO vs. Its Competitors

PureTech Health (LON:PRTC) and hVIVO (LON:HVO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

hVIVO has higher revenue and earnings than PureTech Health. hVIVO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PureTech Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PureTech Health£6.17M49.15-£91.86M£0.17737.65
hVIVO£62.73M0.84£17.84M£0.02496.77

In the previous week, PureTech Health had 32 more articles in the media than hVIVO. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for PureTech Health and 9 mentions for hVIVO. PureTech Health's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat hVIVO's score of 0.31 indicating that PureTech Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PureTech Health
9 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
23 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
hVIVO
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

hVIVO has a net margin of 25.96% compared to PureTech Health's net margin of -17,620.94%. hVIVO's return on equity of 47.93% beat PureTech Health's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PureTech Health-17,620.94% -21.15% -13.39%
hVIVO 25.96%47.93%11.97%

PureTech Health has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, hVIVO has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

PureTech Health currently has a consensus price target of GBX 455, indicating a potential upside of 262.84%. hVIVO has a consensus price target of GBX 23, indicating a potential upside of 198.70%. Given PureTech Health's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe PureTech Health is more favorable than hVIVO.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PureTech Health
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
hVIVO
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

53.1% of PureTech Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.6% of hVIVO shares are held by institutional investors. 13.1% of PureTech Health shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of hVIVO shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

PureTech Health beats hVIVO on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HVO vs. The Competition

MetrichVIVOBiotechnology IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£52.92M£226.57M£5.65B£2.57B
Dividend Yield2.02%3.78%5.68%5.33%
P/E Ratio496.7731.4675.705,391.08
Price / Sales0.844,748.77514.0598,185.46
Price / Cash4.9413.1937.5627.92
Price / Book1.38119.9912.878.52
Net Income£17.84M-£90.99M£3.29B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-21.03%0.20%-0.33%8.26%
1 Month Performance-23.00%16.42%3.77%2.69%
1 Year Performance-73.29%610.00%68.18%157.29%

hVIVO Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HVO
hVIVO
2.028 of 5 stars
GBX 7.70
-4.5%
GBX 23
+198.7%
-72.9%£52.92M£62.73M496.77N/ANews Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
PRTC
PureTech Health
2.3029 of 5 stars
GBX 107.20
-1.1%
GBX 455
+324.4%
-10.6%£259.09M£6.17M630.59300Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
VRP
Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£228MN/A-1.6822Gap Up
FARN
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy
N/AGBX 187.90
+0.2%
N/A-7.8%£210.36MN/A-695.9334
AVCT
Avacta Group
N/AGBX 52.35
-0.3%
N/A-3.2%£210.33M£113K-341.26120
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 2,466.50
+0.7%
N/A-38.2%£128.88M£13.66M1,665.2012News Coverage
High Trading Volume
4BB
4basebio
1.338 of 5 stars
GBX 831
-1.1%
GBX 1,600
+92.5%
-46.5%£128.68M£933K-884.04101
TILS
Tiziana Life Sciences
N/AN/AN/AN/A£113.85M-£3.60M-3.5911News Coverage
VSN
Verseon
N/AN/AN/AN/A£112.24MN/A-5.17N/AGap Up

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This page (LON:HVO) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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