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ValiRx (VAL) Competitors

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VAL vs. MXC, EOG, HNR, SUN, NOG, WRES, EQT, CRC, WEB, and NBL

Should you be buying ValiRx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ValiRx include Argent BioPharma (MXC), Europa Oil & Gas (EOG), Highlands Natural Resources (HNR), Surgical Innovations Group (SUN), Nostrum Oil & Gas (NOG), W Resources (WRES), EQTEC (EQT), Circle Property (CRC), Webis (WEB), and 18564 (NBL.L) (NBL). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

ValiRx vs. Its Competitors

ValiRx (LON:VAL) and Argent BioPharma (LON:MXC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.

Argent BioPharma has a net margin of 0.00% compared to ValiRx's net margin of -20,554.01%. Argent BioPharma's return on equity of 0.00% beat ValiRx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ValiRx-20,554.01% -55.84% -35.98%
Argent BioPharma N/A N/A -58.96%

35.4% of ValiRx shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of Argent BioPharma shares are held by institutional investors. 54.1% of ValiRx shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Argent BioPharma shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

ValiRx has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Argent BioPharma has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, ValiRx's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Argent BioPharma'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
ValiRx Neutral
Argent BioPharma Neutral

ValiRx has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Argent BioPharma. ValiRx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Argent BioPharma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ValiRx£49.78K53.10-£5.71M-£0.01-48.69
Argent BioPharma£1.32M0.00-£17.02M-£1.66N/A

Summary

ValiRx and Argent BioPharma tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VAL vs. The Competition

MetricValiRxBiotechnology IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.64M£236.97M£5.86B£2.58B
Dividend Yield0.63%3.78%5.68%5.30%
P/E Ratio-48.6940.7756.455,410.66
Price / Sales53.104,994.05536.0096,691.07
Price / Cash62.5013.1937.5627.93
Price / Book0.26103.7512.167.76
Net Income-£5.71M-£90.99M£3.28B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-2.62%3.36%0.98%6.49%
1 Month Performance32.21%23.87%7.20%56.20%
1 Year Performance-66.38%550.36%63.06%148.15%

ValiRx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VAL
ValiRx
N/AGBX 0.71
-5.9%
N/A-63.5%£2.64M£49.78K-48.695,450Gap Down
MXC
Argent BioPharma
N/AN/AN/AN/A£9.65M£1.32M-13.255Gap Up
EOG
Europa Oil & Gas
N/AGBX 0.82
-4.1%
N/A-18.8%£7.82M£3.57M-114.792,850News Coverage
Gap Up
HNR
Highlands Natural Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.95M£1.02M-0.9616Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SUN
Surgical Innovations Group
N/AGBX 0.73
+4.7%
N/A+12.5%£6.84M£11.95M-349.0580Gap Up
NOG
Nostrum Oil & Gas
1.493 of 5 stars
GBX 3.98
+13.4%
GBX 4
+0.5%
-0.5%£6.57M£135.89M-2.9530Gap Up
WRES
W Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.89M£3.47M-0.4366Gap Down
EQT
EQTEC
N/AGBX 0.45
+12.5%
N/A-51.5%£2.75M£2.20M-6.62740Gap Up
CRC
Circle Property
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.02M£7.57M50.001,060Gap Down
High Trading Volume
WEB
Webis
N/AN/AN/AN/A£157K£49.70M14.1350Gap Down
NBL
18564 (NBL.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.002,330

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This page (LON:VAL) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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