ONT vs. BTG, ABC, GNS, OXB, ERGO, 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), Oxford Biomedica (OXB), Ergomed (ERGO), 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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Oxford Nanopore Technologies has a consensus target price of GBX 245, indicating a potential upside of 71.81%. Given Oxford Nanopore Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Oxford Nanopore Technologies is more favorable than BTG.
18.1% of Oxford Nanopore Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Oxford Nanopore Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, BTG had 6 more articles in the media than Oxford Nanopore Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for BTG and 2 mentions for Oxford Nanopore Technologies. Oxford Nanopore Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat BTG's score of 0.55 indicating that Oxford Nanopore Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
BTG beats Oxford Nanopore Technologies on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ONT) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
