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hVIVO (HVO) Competitors

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GBX 7.16 -0.29 (-3.89%)
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HVO vs. CIR, BVXP, 4BB, TILS, VSN, SCLP, MPH, ORPH, HEMO, and IMM

Should you be buying hVIVO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of hVIVO include Circassia Group (CIR), Bioventix (BVXP), 4basebio (4BB), Tiziana Life Sciences (TILS), Verseon (VSN), Scancell (SCLP), Mereo BioPharma Group plc (MPH.L) (MPH), Open Orphan (ORPH), Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals (HEMO), and ImmuPharma (IMM). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

hVIVO vs. Its Competitors

hVIVO (LON:HVO) and Circassia Group (LON:CIR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
hVIVO£51.28M0.96£17.84M£0.01929.87
Circassia Group£27.90M0.00N/A£0.01N/A

hVIVO currently has a consensus target price of GBX 23, indicating a potential upside of 221.23%. Given hVIVO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe hVIVO is more favorable than Circassia Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
hVIVO
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Circassia Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

hVIVO has a net margin of 25.96% compared to Circassia Group's net margin of 0.00%. hVIVO's return on equity of 47.93% beat Circassia Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
hVIVO25.96% 47.93% 11.97%
Circassia Group N/A N/A N/A

4.6% of hVIVO shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of hVIVO shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, hVIVO had 13 more articles in the media than Circassia Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for hVIVO and 0 mentions for Circassia Group. hVIVO's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Circassia Group's score of 0.00 indicating that hVIVO is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
hVIVO Positive
Circassia Group Neutral

Summary

hVIVO beats Circassia Group on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HVO vs. The Competition

MetrichVIVOBiotechnology IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£49.21M£224.15M£6.13B£2.58B
Dividend Yield2.88%3.81%5.73%5.32%
P/E Ratio929.8799.5085.154,414.47
Price / Sales0.965,903.80575.41100,817.41
Price / Cash4.9413.1937.3927.90
Price / Book1.2999.1912.398.24
Net Income£17.84M-£90.99M£3.32B£5.89B
7 Day Performance10.15%-0.32%-0.24%-0.07%
1 Month Performance-23.42%6.04%9.56%2.36%
1 Year Performance-75.73%669.41%71.67%139.25%

hVIVO Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HVO
hVIVO
2.1436 of 5 stars
GBX 7.16
-3.9%
GBX 23
+221.2%
-74.1%£49.21M£51.28M929.87N/AGap Down
CIR
Circassia Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£142.66M£27.90M3,400.00111Gap Down
BVXP
Bioventix
N/AGBX 2,400
-2.0%
N/A-37.0%£125.40M£13.66M1,620.3112High Trading Volume
4BB
4basebio
1.5558 of 5 stars
GBX 800
+3.2%
GBX 1,600
+100.0%
-42.7%£123.88M£1.78M-808.08101Gap Down
TILS
Tiziana Life Sciences
N/AN/AN/AN/A£113.85M-£3.60M-3.5911
VSN
Verseon
N/AN/AN/AN/A£112.24MN/A-5.17N/AGap Up
SCLP
Scancell
N/AGBX 10
+2.6%
N/A-29.8%£103.78M£4.71M-793.6551
MPH
Mereo BioPharma Group plc (MPH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£89.76MN/A-0.2150Gap Down
ORPH
Open Orphan
N/AN/AN/AN/A£67.09M£34.71M-25.30179
HEMO
Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals
N/AGBX 1,235
-4.3%
N/A+86,670.3%£66.21MN/A-534.8214
IMM
ImmuPharma
N/AGBX 11.70
+3.5%
N/A+413.0%£58.82MN/A-1,314.6113Gap Down

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This page (LON:HVO) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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