RUA vs. IHC, AVO, POLX, SUN, MHC, BELL, MXCT, DEMG, SN, and NIOX
Should you be buying RUA Life Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RUA Life Sciences include Inspiration Healthcare Group (IHC), Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO), Polarean Imaging (POLX), Surgical Innovations Group (SUN), MyHealthChecked (MHC), Belluscura (BELL), MaxCyte (MXCT), Deltex Medical Group (DEMG), Smith & Nephew (SN), and NIOX Group (NIOX). These companies are all part of the "medical devices" industry.
RUA Life Sciences vs. Its Competitors
RUA Life Sciences (LON:RUA) and Inspiration Healthcare Group (LON:IHC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Inspiration Healthcare Group had 2 more articles in the media than RUA Life Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Inspiration Healthcare Group and 1 mentions for RUA Life Sciences. Inspiration Healthcare Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat RUA Life Sciences' score of 0.00 indicating that Inspiration Healthcare Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RUA Life Sciences has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inspiration Healthcare Group has a beta of 0.09, meaning that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.
RUA Life Sciences has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Inspiration Healthcare Group.
Inspiration Healthcare Group has a net margin of -28.46% compared to RUA Life Sciences' net margin of -65.72%. RUA Life Sciences' return on equity of -26.38% beat Inspiration Healthcare Group's return on equity.
1.0% of RUA Life Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.1% of Inspiration Healthcare Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of RUA Life Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Inspiration Healthcare Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Inspiration Healthcare Group beats RUA Life Sciences on 7 of the 12 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 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
