SCLP vs. PRTC, OXB, HZD, FARN, VRP, ARIX, BVXP, CIR, 4BB, and AVCT
Should you be buying Scancell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scancell include PureTech Health (PRTC), Oxford Biomedica (OXB), Horizon Discovery Group plc (HZD.L) (HZD), Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (FARN), Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L) (VRP), Arix Bioscience (ARIX), Bioventix (BVXP), Circassia Group (CIR), 4basebio (4BB), and Avacta Group (AVCT). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.
Scancell vs. Its Competitors
PureTech Health (LON:PRTC) and Scancell (LON:SCLP) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Scancell has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PureTech Health. Scancell is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PureTech Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PureTech Health had 2 more articles in the media than Scancell. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PureTech Health and 1 mentions for Scancell. PureTech Health's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Scancell's score of 0.67 indicating that PureTech Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Scancell has a net margin of 0.00% compared to PureTech Health's net margin of -17,620.94%. Scancell's return on equity of 98.74% beat PureTech Health's return on equity.
PureTech Health has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scancell has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PureTech Health presently has a consensus price target of GBX 455, indicating a potential upside of 253.81%. Given PureTech Health's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PureTech Health is more favorable than Scancell.
79.9% of PureTech Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Scancell shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of PureTech Health shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Scancell shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
PureTech Health beats Scancell on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SCLP) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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