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Applied DNA Sciences (APDN) Competitors

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APDN vs. GLXG, CDTG, LDWY, LIFW, IDW, GMHS, QH, BIAF, RVYL, and SUGP

Should you be buying Applied DNA Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Applied DNA Sciences include Galaxy Payroll Group (GLXG), CDT Environmental Technology Investment (CDTG), Lendway (LDWY), MSP Recovery (LIFW), IDW Media (IDW), Gamehaus (GMHS), Quhuo (QH), bioAffinity Technologies (BIAF), Ryvyl (RVYL), and SU Group (SUGP). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Applied DNA Sciences vs. Its Competitors

Applied DNA Sciences (NASDAQ:APDN) and Galaxy Payroll Group (NASDAQ:GLXG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

22.2% of Applied DNA Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Applied DNA Sciences shares are owned by 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.

Galaxy Payroll Group has higher revenue and earnings than Applied DNA Sciences.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Applied DNA Sciences$3.43M0.61-$6.99M-$537.48-0.01
Galaxy Payroll Group$3.86M2.54$700KN/AN/A

Galaxy Payroll Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Applied DNA Sciences' net margin of -194.14%. Galaxy Payroll Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Applied DNA Sciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Applied DNA Sciences-194.14% -66.95% -50.34%
Galaxy Payroll Group N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Applied DNA Sciences had 8 more articles in the media than Galaxy Payroll Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Applied DNA Sciences and 0 mentions for Galaxy Payroll Group. Galaxy Payroll Group's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Applied DNA Sciences' score of 0.16 indicating that Galaxy Payroll Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Applied DNA Sciences Neutral
Galaxy Payroll Group Neutral

Summary

Galaxy Payroll Group beats Applied DNA Sciences on 7 of the 10 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 APDN 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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APDN vs. The Competition

MetricApplied DNA SciencesPROTECTION IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.11M$2.10B$7.56B$9.01B
Dividend YieldN/A1.88%4.55%4.10%
P/E Ratio-0.0139.5624.8920.06
Price / Sales0.614.95114.21119.24
Price / CashN/A60.2427.2756.90
Price / Book0.029.854.365.59
Net Income-$6.99M$110.42M$791.63M$248.50M
7 Day Performance6.10%6.59%2.60%2.67%
1 Month Performance-6.36%10.84%6.16%5.49%
1 Year Performance-98.36%188.07%33.16%21.00%

Applied DNA Sciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APDN
Applied DNA Sciences
0.2308 of 5 stars
$4.79
-3.1%
N/A-98.5%$2.11M$3.43M-0.0170News Coverage
Gap Down
GLXG
Galaxy Payroll Group
N/A$0.49
-3.9%
N/AN/A$9.06M$3.86M0.0026
CDTG
CDT Environmental Technology Investment
N/A$0.82
-2.5%
N/A-81.6%$8.99M$29.76M0.00107Gap Down
LDWY
Lendway
0.537 of 5 stars
$4.99
+1.6%
N/A+12.8%$8.69M$37.77M-2.0230Positive News
Gap Down
LIFW
MSP Recovery
N/A$1.27
-8.6%
N/A-88.3%$8.33M$10.73M-0.013
IDW
IDW Media
N/A$0.54
-0.9%
N/A+84.9%$7.27M$30.84M-1.5380
GMHS
Gamehaus
N/A$1.63
+5.2%
N/AN/A$7.03M$145.24M0.00N/AGap Up
QH
Quhuo
1.0131 of 5 stars
$1.18
+5.7%
N/A+204.8%$6.88M$417.42M0.00680
BIAF
bioAffinity Technologies
2.0241 of 5 stars
$0.23
-2.6%
$6.00
+2,506.4%
-86.6%$6.73M$9.36M-0.3210Gap Up
RVYL
Ryvyl
1.7155 of 5 stars
$0.78
-1.1%
N/A-50.0%$6.61M$56M-0.0950News Coverage
Gap Down
SUGP
SU Group
1.4735 of 5 stars
$0.50
+8.9%
N/A-81.6%$6.36M$23.43M0.00N/APositive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:APDN) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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