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GBX 292 +3.50 (+1.21%)
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OXB vs. ONT, GNS, ERGO, SLN, PRTC, HZD, FARN, VRP, ARIX, and 4BB

Should you be buying Oxford Biomedica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Biomedica include Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT), Genus (GNS), Ergomed (ERGO), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), PureTech Health (PRTC), Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) (HZD), Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (FARN), Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L) (VRP), Arix Bioscience (ARIX), and 4basebio (4BB). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Oxford Biomedica vs.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Oxford Nanopore Technologies£184.78M6.25-£175.21M-£18.58-6.55
Oxford Biomedica£98.31M3.16-£143.51M-£134.59-2.17

In the previous week, Oxford Biomedica had 1 more articles in the media than Oxford Nanopore Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Oxford Biomedica and 0 mentions for Oxford Nanopore Technologies. Oxford Biomedica's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Oxford Nanopore Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Oxford Biomedica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Neutral
Oxford Biomedica Positive

38.4% of Oxford Nanopore Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Oxford Biomedica shares are held by institutional investors. 32.6% of Oxford Nanopore Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.2% of Oxford Biomedica shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Oxford Biomedica received 325 more outperform votes than Oxford Nanopore Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Oxford Nanopore Technologies an outperform vote while only 66.73% of users gave Oxford Biomedica an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Oxford Nanopore TechnologiesOutperform Votes
34
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Oxford BiomedicaOutperform Votes
359
66.73%
Underperform Votes
179
33.27%

Oxford Nanopore Technologies has a net margin of -94.82% compared to Oxford Biomedica's net margin of -145.98%. Oxford Nanopore Technologies' return on equity of -26.02% beat Oxford Biomedica's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Oxford Nanopore Technologies-94.82% -26.02% -14.42%
Oxford Biomedica -145.98%-202.50%-12.67%

Oxford Nanopore Technologies presently has a consensus target price of GBX 233.33, indicating a potential upside of 91.89%. Oxford Biomedica has a consensus target price of GBX 560, indicating a potential upside of 91.78%. Given Oxford Nanopore Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Oxford Nanopore Technologies is more favorable than Oxford Biomedica.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Oxford Nanopore Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Oxford Biomedica
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Oxford Nanopore Technologies has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Biomedica has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Oxford Nanopore Technologies beats Oxford Biomedica on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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OXB vs. The Competition

MetricOxford BiomedicaBiotechnology IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£310.40M£124.05M£5.51B£2.56B
Dividend Yield4.57%3.69%5.11%4.97%
P/E Ratio-2.173.2422.55132.23
Price / Sales3.164,173.49394.97226,804.17
Price / Cash3.0113.0238.1828.13
Price / Book4.3133.276.694.52
Net Income-£143.51M-£90.45M£3.22B£5.84B
7 Day Performance-1.35%3.68%1.11%2.95%
1 Month Performance-1.52%5.10%3.59%9.02%
1 Year Performance1.74%95.21%15.65%114.57%

Oxford Biomedica Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OXB
Oxford Biomedica
2.4773 of 5 stars
GBX 292
+1.2%
GBX 560
+91.8%
+7.0%£310.40M£98.31M-2.17891News Coverage
ONT
Oxford Nanopore Technologies
1.5973 of 5 stars
GBX 117.90
flat
GBX 233.33
+97.9%
+20.9%£1.12B£184.78M-6.351,281
GNS
Genus
1.3199 of 5 stars
GBX 1,606
-0.7%
GBX 2,150
+33.9%
+2.1%£1.05B£666.67M133.12480Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
ERGO
Ergomed
N/AN/AN/AN/A£701.00M£152.09M4,641.386
SLN
Silence Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/A£480.35M£11.35M-11.01100High Trading Volume
PRTC
PureTech Health
2.0074 of 5 stars
GBX 132.60
+7.5%
GBX 455
+243.1%
-43.1%£398.31M£521,320.79-5.44300
HZD
Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£302.98M£54.63M-33.55416
FARN
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy
N/AGBX 213.60
+1.7%
N/A+44.8%£286.76MN/A-5.7134
VRP
Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£228MN/A-1.6822Gap Up
ARIX
Arix Bioscience
N/AN/AN/AN/A£183.73M£14.16M1,290.919
4BB
4basebio
2.2054 of 5 stars
GBX 1,123.40
-0.1%
GBX 1,600
+42.4%
+2.9%£143.91M£311,000.00-1,440.26101Gap Down

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This page (LON:OXB) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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