NIOX vs. MXCT, EKF, CREO, NCYT, IUG, BELL, IHC, POLX, AVO, and RUA
Should you be buying NIOX Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NIOX Group include MaxCyte (MXCT), EKF Diagnostics (EKF), Creo Medical Group (CREO), Novacyt (NCYT), Intelligent Ultrasound Group (IUG), Belluscura (BELL), Inspiration Healthcare Group (IHC), Polarean Imaging (POLX), Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO), and RUA Life Sciences (RUA). These companies are all part of the "medical devices" industry.
NIOX Group (LON:NIOX) and MaxCyte (LON:MXCT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
NIOX Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MaxCyte. MaxCyte is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NIOX Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NIOX Group has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MaxCyte has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NIOX Group has a net margin of 29.08% compared to MaxCyte's net margin of -77.97%. NIOX Group's return on equity of 11.47% beat MaxCyte's return on equity.
NIOX Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 77, suggesting a potential upside of 15.62%. Given NIOX Group's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe NIOX Group is more favorable than MaxCyte.
In the previous week, MaxCyte had 2 more articles in the media than NIOX Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MaxCyte and 0 mentions for NIOX Group. MaxCyte's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat NIOX Group's score of 0.00 indicating that MaxCyte is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
35.1% of NIOX Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.5% of MaxCyte shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.7% of NIOX Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of MaxCyte shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MaxCyte received 152 more outperform votes than NIOX Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NIOX Group an outperform vote while only 68.92% of users gave MaxCyte an outperform vote.
Summary
NIOX Group beats MaxCyte on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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