RUA vs. NCYT, POLX, IHC, AVO, SUN, MHC, BELL, DEMG, NIOX, and SN
Should you be buying RUA Life Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RUA Life Sciences include Novacyt (NCYT), Polarean Imaging (POLX), Inspiration Healthcare Group (IHC), Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO), Surgical Innovations Group (SUN), MyHealthChecked (MHC), Belluscura (BELL), Deltex Medical Group (DEMG), NIOX Group (NIOX), and Smith & Nephew (SN). These companies are all part of the "medical devices" industry.
RUA Life Sciences vs. Its Competitors
RUA Life Sciences (LON:RUA) and Novacyt (LON:NCYT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
RUA Life Sciences has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Novacyt. RUA Life Sciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Novacyt, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RUA Life Sciences has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Novacyt has a beta of -1.86, meaning that its stock price is 286% less volatile than the S&P 500.
RUA Life Sciences has a net margin of -65.72% compared to Novacyt's net margin of -203.06%. RUA Life Sciences' return on equity of -26.38% beat Novacyt's return on equity.
26.0% of RUA Life Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Novacyt shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.3% of RUA Life Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Novacyt shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Novacyt had 1 more articles in the media than RUA Life Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Novacyt and 0 mentions for RUA Life Sciences. Novacyt's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat RUA Life Sciences' score of 0.00 indicating that Novacyt is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
RUA Life Sciences beats Novacyt on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:RUA) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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