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NIOX Group (NIOX) Competitors

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GBX 73.60 +0.20 (+0.27%)
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NIOX vs. EKF, CREO, IUG, NCYT, IHC, POLX, AVO, SUN, RUA, and MHC

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

NIOX Group vs. Its Competitors

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

NIOX Group has a net margin of 28.21% compared to EKF Diagnostics' net margin of 9.37%. NIOX Group's return on equity of 13.29% beat EKF Diagnostics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NIOX Group28.21% 13.29% 3.95%
EKF Diagnostics 9.37%7.03%5.27%

7.6% of NIOX Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of EKF Diagnostics shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of NIOX Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.4% of EKF Diagnostics shares are held 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.

NIOX Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EKF Diagnostics. EKF Diagnostics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NIOX Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NIOX Group£41.80M7.36£995.88M£0.018,867.47
EKF Diagnostics£50.19M2.68£4.68M£0.012,173.91

NIOX Group has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EKF Diagnostics has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, EKF Diagnostics had 2 more articles in the media than NIOX Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for EKF Diagnostics and 2 mentions for NIOX Group. EKF Diagnostics' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat NIOX Group's score of 0.37 indicating that EKF Diagnostics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NIOX Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
EKF Diagnostics
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

NIOX Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 90, suggesting a potential upside of 22.28%. Given NIOX Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NIOX Group is more favorable than EKF Diagnostics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NIOX Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
EKF Diagnostics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

NIOX Group beats EKF Diagnostics on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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NIOX vs. The Competition

MetricNIOX GroupMedical Devices IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£307.52M£2.55B£5.76B£2.57B
Dividend Yield1.76%2.45%5.74%5.31%
P/E Ratio8,867.47263.4576.555,395.57
Price / Sales7.36149.44495.3997,515.32
Price / Cash11.2115.9937.1727.93
Price / Book4.083.7913.729.20
Net Income£995.88M£132.05M£3.29B£5.89B
7 Day Performance3.66%1.90%1.03%0.74%
1 Month Performance5.44%-1.58%6.32%3.37%
1 Year Performance12.88%15.94%81.16%190.45%

NIOX Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NIOX
NIOX Group
1.7515 of 5 stars
GBX 73.60
+0.3%
GBX 90
+22.3%
+11.6%£307.52M£41.80M8,867.4792News Coverage
EKF
EKF Diagnostics
N/AGBX 29
-2.0%
N/A+6.0%£130.24M£50.19M2,101.45356Earnings Report
CREO
Creo Medical Group
N/AGBX 12.50
-1.0%
N/A-62.7%£51.56M£4M-156.25279High Trading Volume
IUG
Intelligent Ultrasound Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£42.76M£6.57M-18.9165
NCYT
Novacyt
N/AGBX 40
-0.1%
N/A-45.4%£28.25M£19.63M-67.80120
IHC
Inspiration Healthcare Group
N/AGBX 21.08
-2.0%
N/A-4.4%£18.90M£38.25M-111.99224Gap Down
POLX
Polarean Imaging
N/AGBX 0.80
-8.6%
N/A-58.7%£9.66M£3.09M-72.7328Gap Down
High Trading Volume
AVO
Advanced Oncotherapy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£9.50MN/A-25.003,900Gap Down
SUN
Surgical Innovations Group
N/AGBX 0.73
+4.4%
N/A+12.3%£6.82M£11.95M-348.1080Gap Up
RUA
RUA Life Sciences
N/AGBX 10.51
-4.5%
N/A-2.5%£6.52M£4.11M-2.6148
MHC
MyHealthChecked
N/AGBX 10.25
-2.4%
N/A-20.8%£5.33M£3.61M-297.1016Gap Down

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