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Akers Biosciences (AKER) Competitors

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AKER vs. MYMD, NAVB, VNRX, CYCN, SSY, ARTL, BCLI, GNPX, ALZN, and ACXP

Should you be buying Akers Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akers Biosciences include MyMD Pharmaceuticals (MYMD), Navidea Biopharmaceuticals (NAVB), VolitionRx (VNRX), Cyclerion Therapeutics (CYCN), SunLink Health Systems (SSY), Artelo Biosciences (ARTL), Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI), GENPREX (GNPX), Alzamend Neuro (ALZN), and Acurx Pharmaceuticals (ACXP). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Akers Biosciences vs. Its Competitors

Akers Biosciences (NASDAQ:AKER) and MyMD Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MYMD) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Akers Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled MyMD Pharmaceuticals'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Akers Biosciences Neutral
MyMD Pharmaceuticals Neutral

Akers Biosciences has higher revenue and earnings than MyMD Pharmaceuticals.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Akers Biosciences$1.58M1.00-$3.89MN/AN/A
MyMD PharmaceuticalsN/AN/A-$4MN/AN/A

Akers Biosciences has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MyMD Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Akers Biosciences' return on equity of -87.42% beat MyMD Pharmaceuticals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Akers BiosciencesN/A -87.42% -73.31%
MyMD Pharmaceuticals N/A -179.05%-108.14%

5.5% of Akers Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of MyMD Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Akers Biosciences shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of MyMD Pharmaceuticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Akers Biosciences beats MyMD Pharmaceuticals on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AKER and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AKER vs. The Competition

MetricAkers BiosciencesDiagnostic Substances IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.58M$18.56M$5.75B$9.57B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A4.54%4.09%
P/E RatioN/AN/A30.3724.92
Price / Sales1.0020.51414.56174.73
Price / CashN/AN/A37.3459.16
Price / Book0.020.018.936.26
Net Income-$3.89M-$15.34M$3.26B$265.47M

Akers Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AKER
Akers Biosciences
N/A$0.09
-7.0%
N/A-94.5%$1.58M$1.58M0.004High Trading Volume
MYMD
MyMD Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.11
+13.5%
N/A-94.3%$260KN/A0.006High Trading Volume
NAVB
Navidea Biopharmaceuticals
N/A$0.00
flat
N/A-80.0%$50K$8.13K0.0010
VNRX
VolitionRx
2.1762 of 5 stars
$0.62
flat
$3.50
+464.5%
+11.1%$64.47M$1.31M-1.7280News Coverage
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
CYCN
Cyclerion Therapeutics
2.6563 of 5 stars
$2.40
+10.6%
N/A-13.3%$7.24M$2M-3.2430Positive News
Short Interest ↓
SSY
SunLink Health Systems
2.3845 of 5 stars
$0.91
-2.9%
N/A+38.1%$7.18M$32.44M3.811,376Gap Up
ARTL
Artelo Biosciences
2.8393 of 5 stars
$9.72
-3.1%
$24.00
+146.9%
+31.0%$7.07MN/A-0.545Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
BCLI
Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics
2.5057 of 5 stars
$0.64
+6.5%
N/A-88.7%$7.06MN/A-0.1940Short Interest ↓
GNPX
GENPREX
1.5047 of 5 stars
$0.23
+10.2%
N/A-73.4%$7.05MN/A0.0020Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
ALZN
Alzamend Neuro
2.5766 of 5 stars
$2.44
+1.7%
$180.00
+7,277.0%
-95.6%$6.95MN/A0.004Short Interest ↑
ACXP
Acurx Pharmaceuticals
3.0142 of 5 stars
$4.43
-1.1%
$31.00
+599.8%
-88.1%$6.89MN/A-0.413Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down

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