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Novus Therapeutics (NVUS) Competitors

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NVUS vs. ME, IBIO, GLYC, AEON, OBSV, ORGS, AEZS, CPHI, NRBO, and MTNB

Should you be buying Novus Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Novus Therapeutics include 23andMe (ME), iBio (IBIO), GlycoMimetics (GLYC), AEON Biopharma (AEON), ObsEva (OBSV), Orgenesis (ORGS), Aeterna Zentaris (AEZS), China Pharma (CPHI), NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals (NRBO), and Matinas Biopharma (MTNB). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Novus Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Novus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NVUS) and 23andMe (NASDAQ:ME) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

36.1% of 23andMe shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Novus Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of 23andMe shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Novus Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to 23andMe's net margin of -183.39%. Novus Therapeutics' return on equity of -133.49% beat 23andMe's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Novus TherapeuticsN/A -133.49% -30.52%
23andMe -183.39%-170.07%-62.13%

Novus Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than 23andMe. Novus Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 23andMe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Novus TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$16.01M-$21.58-0.14
23andMe$208.78M0.06-$666.70M-$15.45-0.03

Novus Therapeutics has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 23andMe has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, 23andMe had 12 more articles in the media than Novus Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for 23andMe and 0 mentions for Novus Therapeutics. 23andMe's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Novus Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that 23andMe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Novus Therapeutics Neutral
23andMe Neutral

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Novus Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
23andMe
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

Summary

23andMe beats Novus Therapeutics on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NVUS vs. The Competition

MetricNovus TherapeuticsPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.39M$783.00M$5.49B$9.01B
Dividend YieldN/A4.84%5.39%4.10%
P/E Ratio-0.141.2926.7120.06
Price / SalesN/A219.27419.59119.24
Price / CashN/A23.4436.1356.90
Price / Book0.236.008.065.59
Net Income-$16.01M-$27.64M$3.16B$248.50M

Novus Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NVUS
Novus Therapeutics
N/A$3.06
+9.7%
N/A+15.8%$4.39MN/A-0.147High Trading Volume
ME
23andMe
N/A$0.50
-35.3%
N/A-93.6%$13.36M$208.78M-0.03770Gap Down
High Trading Volume
IBIO
iBio
1.6463 of 5 stars
$0.75
-1.7%
$4.30
+473.4%
-62.1%$12.39M$375K0.00100
GLYC
GlycoMimetics
2.0406 of 5 stars
$0.16
-6.6%
N/A-99.4%$10.00M$10K-0.3450Positive News
High Trading Volume
AEON
AEON Biopharma
3.5169 of 5 stars
$0.80
+4.9%
$360.00
+45,058.1%
-98.8%$9.01MN/A4.435Positive News
OBSV
ObsEva
N/AN/AN/AN/A$7.94M$20.11M-0.1150
ORGS
Orgenesis
1.8303 of 5 stars
$1.53
+3.7%
N/AN/A$7.34M$662K0.00150Gap Up
AEZS
Aeterna Zentaris
N/A$3.40
+1.8%
N/A-22.2%$6.10M$2.37M-0.2320Gap Down
CPHI
China Pharma
0.3241 of 5 stars
$1.81
+1.1%
N/A-93.2%$5.90M$4.30M0.00250News Coverage
NRBO
NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals
N/A$0.64
+2.1%
N/A-86.1%$5.54MN/A0.0010News Coverage
Gap Up
MTNB
Matinas Biopharma
0.1367 of 5 stars
$0.90
+1.5%
N/AN/A$4.59MN/A-0.1930Positive News
Gap Down

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