APM vs. MRKR, EYEN, ALRN, CLDI, GMTX, KRON, THTX, VHAQ, VNRX, and EGRX
Should you be buying Aptorum Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aptorum Group include Marker Therapeutics (MRKR), Eyenovia (EYEN), Aileron Therapeutics (ALRN), Calidi Biotherapeutics (CLDI), Gemini Therapeutics (GMTX), Kronos Bio (KRON), Theratechnologies (THTX), Viveon Health Acquisition (VHAQ), VolitionRx (VNRX), and Eagle Pharmaceuticals (EGRX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Aptorum Group (NASDAQ:APM) and Marker Therapeutics (NASDAQ:MRKR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.
Aptorum Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Marker Therapeutics' net margin of -278.27%. Aptorum Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Marker Therapeutics' return on equity.
3.8% of Aptorum Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.4% of Marker Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.0% of Aptorum Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Marker Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Marker Therapeutics received 30 more outperform votes than Aptorum Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.33% of users gave Aptorum Group an outperform vote while only 63.39% of users gave Marker Therapeutics an outperform vote.
Aptorum Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Marker Therapeutics.
In the previous week, Aptorum Group had 1 more articles in the media than Marker Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Aptorum Group and 1 mentions for Marker Therapeutics. Marker Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Aptorum Group's score of 0.43 indicating that Marker Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Marker Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 296.48%. Given Marker Therapeutics' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Marker Therapeutics is more favorable than Aptorum Group.
Aptorum Group has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marker Therapeutics has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Aptorum Group beats Marker Therapeutics on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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