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Novacyt (NCYT) Competitors

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GBX 41.93 +0.78 (+1.89%)
As of 07/25/2025 11:43 AM Eastern

NCYT vs. CREO, IUG, IHC, POLX, AVO, RUA, MHC, SUN, MXCT, and BELL

Should you be buying Novacyt stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Novacyt include Creo Medical Group (CREO), Intelligent Ultrasound Group (IUG), Inspiration Healthcare Group (IHC), Polarean Imaging (POLX), Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO), RUA Life Sciences (RUA), MyHealthChecked (MHC), Surgical Innovations Group (SUN), MaxCyte (MXCT), and Belluscura (BELL). These companies are all part of the "medical devices" industry.

Novacyt vs. Its Competitors

Creo Medical Group (LON:CREO) and Novacyt (LON:NCYT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk and media sentiment.

56.1% of Creo Medical Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Novacyt shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.4% of Creo Medical Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Novacyt shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Creo Medical Group has a net margin of -73.93% compared to Novacyt's net margin of -203.06%. Creo Medical Group's return on equity of -41.79% beat Novacyt's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Creo Medical Group-73.93% -41.79% -20.09%
Novacyt -203.06%-47.73%-27.98%

Creo Medical Group has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Novacyt has a beta of -1.86, meaning that its share price is 286% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Creo Medical Group had 6 more articles in the media than Novacyt. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Creo Medical Group and 0 mentions for Novacyt. Creo Medical Group's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Novacyt's score of 0.00 indicating that Creo Medical Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Creo Medical Group Neutral
Novacyt Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Creo Medical Group£33.87M1.64-£25.04M-£6.32-2.18
Novacyt£18.12M1.60-£36.80M-£54.44-0.77

Summary

Creo Medical Group beats Novacyt on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NCYT vs. The Competition

MetricNovacytMedical Devices IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£28.97M£3.50B£5.74B£3.02B
Dividend YieldN/A2.44%4.71%5.02%
P/E Ratio-0.7775.9528.41160.65
Price / Sales1.60100.54419.59278,114.29
Price / Cash0.5815.9936.1827.97
Price / Book0.423.918.654.70
Net Income-£36.80M£132.05M£3.25B£5.90B
7 Day Performance4.82%3.86%4.31%0.41%
1 Month Performance-2.27%16.66%11.60%7.20%
1 Year Performance-15.98%17.49%35.38%70.38%

Novacyt Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NCYT
Novacyt
N/AGBX 41.93
+1.9%
N/A-14.5%£28.97M£18.12M-0.77120
CREO
Creo Medical Group
N/AGBX 14
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N/A-55.6%£56.60M£33.87M-2.22279News Coverage
IUG
Intelligent Ultrasound Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£42.76M£6.57M-18.9165
IHC
Inspiration Healthcare Group
N/AGBX 22.50
+4.7%
N/A-15.5%£19.49M£42.87M-1.54224High Trading Volume
POLX
Polarean Imaging
N/AGBX 1.04
-0.9%
N/A-43.7%£15.28M£5.21M-0.2728
AVO
Advanced Oncotherapy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£9.50MN/A-25.003,900Gap Down
RUA
RUA Life Sciences
N/AGBX 11.52
-2.0%
N/A+4.7%£7.15M£4.05M-2.6848
MHC
MyHealthChecked
N/AGBX 12.77
+2.2%
N/A+20.5%£6.65M£9.43M-6.3716Gap Up
SUN
Surgical Innovations Group
N/AGBX 0.66
-6.4%
N/A-17.4%£6.11M£12.54M-21.1180
MXCT
MaxCyte
N/AGBX 2.24
+6.7%
N/A-99.4%£2.96M£57.52M-0.0880High Trading Volume
BELL
Belluscura
N/AGBX 0.75
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N/AN/A£1.89M£2.87M-0.0824

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This page (LON:NCYT) was last updated on 7/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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