Novacyt (NCYT) Competitors GBX 38.43 +0.38 (+1.00%) As of 05:53 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesBuy This Stock NCYT vs. EKF, IUG, CREO, POLX, IHC, AVO, RUA, MHC, SUN, and BELLShould you be buying Novacyt stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Novacyt include EKF Diagnostics (EKF), Intelligent Ultrasound Group (IUG), Creo Medical Group (CREO), Polarean Imaging (POLX), Inspiration Healthcare Group (IHC), Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO), RUA Life Sciences (RUA), MyHealthChecked (MHC), Surgical Innovations Group (SUN), and Belluscura (BELL). These companies are all part of the "medical devices" industry. Novacyt vs. EKF Diagnostics Intelligent Ultrasound Group Creo Medical Group Polarean Imaging Inspiration Healthcare Group Advanced Oncotherapy RUA Life Sciences MyHealthChecked Surgical Innovations Group Belluscura EKF Diagnostics (LON:EKF) and Novacyt (LON:NCYT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EKF or NCYT? EKF Diagnostics received 291 more outperform votes than Novacyt when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.76% of users gave EKF Diagnostics an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave Novacyt an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformEKF DiagnosticsOutperform Votes32776.76% Underperform Votes9923.24% NovacytOutperform Votes3658.06% Underperform Votes2641.94% Which has higher valuation & earnings, EKF or NCYT? EKF Diagnostics has higher revenue and earnings than Novacyt. Novacyt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EKF Diagnostics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioEKF Diagnostics£49.91M1.90£4.68M£1.0719.89Novacyt£18.12M1.45-£36.80M-£54.44-0.70 Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in EKF or NCYT? 70.3% of EKF Diagnostics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Novacyt shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of EKF Diagnostics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Novacyt shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Which has more risk and volatility, EKF or NCYT? EKF Diagnostics has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Novacyt has a beta of -1.86, indicating that its share price is 286% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is EKF or NCYT more profitable? EKF Diagnostics has a net margin of 9.37% compared to Novacyt's net margin of -203.06%. EKF Diagnostics' return on equity of 7.03% beat Novacyt's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets EKF Diagnostics9.37% 7.03% 5.27% Novacyt -203.06%-47.73%-27.98% Does the media favor EKF or NCYT? In the previous week, EKF Diagnostics and EKF Diagnostics both had 1 articles in the media. Novacyt's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat EKF Diagnostics' score of -0.64 indicating that Novacyt is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment EKF Diagnostics Negative Novacyt Positive SummaryEKF Diagnostics beats Novacyt on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Novacyt News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NCYT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address Media Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart NCYT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNovacytMedical Devices IndustryMedical SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£26.23M£3.26B£5.53B£2.59BDividend YieldN/A2.44%5.11%4.97%P/E Ratio-0.7070.8522.59133.72Price / Sales1.45119.45401.35232,158.79Price / Cash0.5815.9938.1828.12Price / Book0.383.616.774.58Net Income-£36.80M£126.02M£3.22B£5.84B7 Day Performance-0.86%0.62%1.39%2.88%1 Month Performance-10.91%-3.00%2.78%10.09%1 Year Performance-45.76%-11.67%15.85%115.85% Novacyt Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NCYTNovacytN/AGBX 38.43+1.0%N/A-46.9%£26.55M£18.12M-0.71120Earnings ReportGap UpEKFEKF DiagnosticsN/AGBX 21.40-0.7%N/A-30.6%£95.12M£49.91M19.92356IUGIntelligent Ultrasound GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£42.76M£6.57M-18.9165CREOCreo Medical GroupN/AGBX 9.59-0.4%N/A-70.5%£38.76M£33.87M-1.52279POLXPolarean ImagingN/AGBX 1.08+4.9%N/A-70.2%£15.78M£5.21M-0.2828Gap UpHigh Trading VolumeIHCInspiration Healthcare GroupN/AGBX 16.65+0.9%N/A+8.2%£14.42M£42.87M-1.14224Positive NewsAVOAdvanced OncotherapyN/AN/AN/AN/A£9.50MN/A-25.003,900Gap DownRUARUA Life SciencesN/AGBX 12.79+11.2%N/A+10.3%£7.94M£4.05M-2.9848Gap DownMHCMyHealthCheckedN/AGBX 14.40+2.9%N/A+26.7%£7.49M£9.43M-7.1816SUNSurgical Innovations GroupN/AGBX 0.51-2.3%N/A+24.2%£4.79M£12.54M-21.1180Gap UpBELLBelluscuraN/AGBX 0.65+0.6%N/A-90.8%£1.65M£2.87M-0.0724 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies EKF Diagnostics Alternatives Intelligent Ultrasound Group Alternatives Creo Medical Group Alternatives Polarean Imaging Alternatives Inspiration Healthcare Group Alternatives Advanced Oncotherapy Alternatives RUA Life Sciences Alternatives MyHealthChecked Alternatives Surgical Innovations Group Alternatives Belluscura Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:NCYT) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | SponsoredWarning: “DOGE Collapse” imminentElon Strikes Back You may already sense that the tide is turning against Elon Musk and DOGE. 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