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OCX vs. ARCT, HRTX, SEPN, BNTC, FULC, ATYR, ATAI, ACB, AQST, and CMPX

Should you be buying OncoCyte stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OncoCyte include Arcturus Therapeutics (ARCT), Heron Therapeutics (HRTX), Septerna (SEPN), Benitec Biopharma (BNTC), Fulcrum Therapeutics (FULC), Atyr PHARMA (ATYR), Atai Life Sciences (ATAI), Aurora Cannabis (ACB), Aquestive Therapeutics (AQST), and Compass Therapeutics (CMPX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

OncoCyte vs.

OncoCyte (NASDAQ:OCX) and Arcturus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ARCT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
OncoCyte$3.84M22.85-$27.78M-$3.53-0.87
Arcturus Therapeutics$131.27M2.51-$29.73M-$2.53-4.80

In the previous week, Arcturus Therapeutics had 8 more articles in the media than OncoCyte. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Arcturus Therapeutics and 6 mentions for OncoCyte. Arcturus Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat OncoCyte's score of 0.52 indicating that Arcturus Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
OncoCyte
0 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Arcturus Therapeutics
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Arcturus Therapeutics received 436 more outperform votes than OncoCyte when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.47% of users gave Arcturus Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 12.07% of users gave OncoCyte an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
OncoCyteOutperform Votes
14
12.07%
Underperform Votes
102
87.93%
Arcturus TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
450
66.47%
Underperform Votes
227
33.53%

Arcturus Therapeutics has a net margin of -36.39% compared to OncoCyte's net margin of -6,122.29%. Arcturus Therapeutics' return on equity of -22.39% beat OncoCyte's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
OncoCyte-6,122.29% -269.32% -59.71%
Arcturus Therapeutics -36.39%-22.39%-14.81%

OncoCyte has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcturus Therapeutics has a beta of 2.36, meaning that its share price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500.

OncoCyte presently has a consensus target price of $5.42, suggesting a potential upside of 76.44%. Arcturus Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $57.80, suggesting a potential upside of 375.72%. Given Arcturus Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Arcturus Therapeutics is more favorable than OncoCyte.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
OncoCyte
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Arcturus Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11

55.3% of OncoCyte shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Arcturus Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of OncoCyte shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Arcturus Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Arcturus Therapeutics beats OncoCyte on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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OCX vs. The Competition

MetricOncoCyteDiagnostic substances IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$87.80M$2.61B$5.37B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A0.73%5.22%4.10%
P/E Ratio-0.877.4326.7719.71
Price / Sales22.8535.86393.17117.39
Price / CashN/A15.7538.2534.62
Price / Book1.245.546.794.50
Net Income-$27.78M-$65.73M$3.23B$248.18M
7 Day Performance10.04%0.61%1.53%0.20%
1 Month Performance5.14%3.53%10.06%12.37%
1 Year Performance5.50%-15.77%16.74%7.04%

OncoCyte Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OCX
OncoCyte
2.414 of 5 stars
$3.07
+4.4%
$5.42
+76.4%
+8.9%$87.80M$3.84M-0.87120Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
ARCT
Arcturus Therapeutics
2.9267 of 5 stars
$11.59
+5.6%
$59.20
+410.8%
-59.3%$314.33M$138.39M-5.22180
HRTX
Heron Therapeutics
3.8615 of 5 stars
$2.05
-2.8%
$5.50
+168.3%
-45.3%$312.76M$148.52M-11.39300Positive News
SEPN
Septerna
2.0583 of 5 stars
$6.98
+4.3%
$33.00
+372.8%
N/A$310.72M$1.08M0.00N/AEarnings Report
Analyst Revision
BNTC
Benitec Biopharma
2.4171 of 5 stars
$13.14
-3.6%
$24.71
+88.1%
+42.3%$308.15M$80,000.00-8.7020News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FULC
Fulcrum Therapeutics
0.7844 of 5 stars
$5.68
+5.8%
$8.63
+51.8%
-18.2%$306.60M$80M-18.32100
ATYR
Atyr PHARMA
2.8106 of 5 stars
$3.24
-1.2%
$18.60
+474.1%
N/A$288.37M$235,000.00-3.4553Analyst Forecast
ATAI
Atai Life Sciences
2.3356 of 5 stars
$1.44
+3.6%
$10.50
+629.2%
+13.7%$287.71M$308,000.00-1.7880News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
ACB
Aurora Cannabis
0.6189 of 5 stars
$5.06
+4.3%
N/A-26.8%$284.44M$320.81M101.221,340
AQST
Aquestive Therapeutics
1.3053 of 5 stars
$2.85
+2.2%
$10.67
+274.3%
-28.6%$283.07M$57.56M-6.33160Analyst Revision
Gap Down
CMPX
Compass Therapeutics
3.678 of 5 stars
$2.01
+10.4%
$13.13
+553.0%
+28.8%$277.95M$850,000.00-5.4320

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This page (NASDAQ:OCX) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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