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Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) Competitors

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GBX 149.30 -3.10 (-2.03%)
As of 11:54 AM Eastern

ONT vs. BTG, ABC, GNS, ERGO, OXB, SLN, PRTC, HZD, AVCT, and VRP

Should you be buying Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Nanopore Technologies include BTG (BTG), Abcam (ABC), Genus (GNS), Ergomed (ERGO), Oxford Biomedica (OXB), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), PureTech Health (PRTC), Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) (HZD), Avacta Group (AVCT), and Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L) (VRP). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies vs. Its Competitors

BTG (LON:BTG) and Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

BTG has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Oxford Nanopore Technologies' net margin of -94.82%. BTG's return on equity of 0.00% beat Oxford Nanopore Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BTGN/A N/A N/A
Oxford Nanopore Technologies -94.82%-26.02%-14.42%

18.1% of Oxford Nanopore Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Oxford Nanopore Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies has a consensus price target of GBX 245, suggesting a potential upside of 64.10%. Given Oxford Nanopore Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Oxford Nanopore Technologies is more favorable than BTG.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BTG
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Oxford Nanopore Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

BTG has higher revenue and earnings than Oxford Nanopore Technologies. Oxford Nanopore Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BTG, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BTG£914.10M0.00N/A£28.50N/A
Oxford Nanopore Technologies£204.69M7.03-£175.21M-£0.15-1,008.78

In the previous week, BTG had 10 more articles in the media than Oxford Nanopore Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for BTG and 0 mentions for Oxford Nanopore Technologies. Oxford Nanopore Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat BTG's score of -0.01 indicating that Oxford Nanopore Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BTG Neutral
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Neutral

Summary

BTG beats Oxford Nanopore Technologies on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ONT vs. The Competition

MetricOxford Nanopore TechnologiesBiotechnology IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.44B£231.95M£6.10B£2.61B
Dividend YieldN/A3.80%5.70%5.28%
P/E Ratio-1,008.7894.8985.554,442.02
Price / Sales7.036,125.17621.78100,236.46
Price / Cash4.0413.1937.7827.90
Price / Book2.22116.7513.139.02
Net Income-£175.21M-£90.99M£3.30B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-5.03%4.47%5.29%0.49%
1 Month Performance-12.22%7.21%9.94%5.62%
1 Year Performance-1.12%742.62%87.78%164.56%

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ONT
Oxford Nanopore Technologies
2.4768 of 5 stars
GBX 149.30
-2.0%
GBX 245
+64.1%
+1.9%£1.44B£204.69M-1,008.781,281News Coverage
Gap Up
BTG
BTG
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.26B£914.10M29.474,690
ABC
Abcam
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.81B£350.40M20,433.331,650Gap Up
High Trading Volume
GNS
Genus
2.0153 of 5 stars
GBX 2,370.19
+1.3%
GBX 2,900
+22.4%
+20.5%£1.56B£672.80M-38,228.87480Gap Down
ERGO
Ergomed
N/AN/AN/AN/A£701.00M£152.09M4,641.386
OXB
Oxford Biomedica
1.4777 of 5 stars
GBX 558
flat
GBX 593.67
+6.4%
+63.9%£670.61M£151.21M-1,336.53891News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SLN
Silence Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/A£480.35M£11.35M-11.01100High Trading Volume
PRTC
PureTech Health
1.7877 of 5 stars
GBX 133
+2.6%
GBX 455
+242.1%
-9.3%£321.44M£6.17M782.35300Positive News
HZD
Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£302.98M£54.63M-33.55416
AVCT
Avacta Group
2.535 of 5 stars
GBX 58.85
+15.4%
GBX 99
+68.2%
+47.3%£236.44M£113K-383.64120
VRP
Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£228MN/A-1.6822Gap Up

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This page (LON:ONT) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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