SNCA vs. CVM, CRIS, DTIL, GRTS, PLX, ATHA, ATRA, SGMO, ALVR, and TSBX
Should you be buying Seneca Biopharma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seneca Biopharma include CEL-SCI (CVM), Curis (CRIS), Precision BioSciences (DTIL), Gritstone bio (GRTS), Protalix BioTherapeutics (PLX), Athira Pharma (ATHA), Atara Biotherapeutics (ATRA), Sangamo Therapeutics (SGMO), AlloVir (ALVR), and Turnstone Biologics (TSBX). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Seneca Biopharma (NASDAQ:SNCA) and CEL-SCI (NYSE:CVM) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, CEL-SCI had 12 more articles in the media than Seneca Biopharma. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for CEL-SCI and 0 mentions for Seneca Biopharma. CEL-SCI's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Seneca Biopharma's score of 0.00 indicating that CEL-SCI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
5.2% of Seneca Biopharma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.1% of CEL-SCI shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Seneca Biopharma shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of CEL-SCI shares are held 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.
CEL-SCI has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Seneca Biopharma's net margin of -230.34%. Seneca Biopharma's return on equity of -122.20% beat CEL-SCI's return on equity.
Seneca Biopharma has higher revenue and earnings than CEL-SCI.
Seneca Biopharma has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CEL-SCI has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Seneca Biopharma received 14 more outperform votes than CEL-SCI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.64% of users gave Seneca Biopharma an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave CEL-SCI an outperform vote.
Summary
Seneca Biopharma and CEL-SCI tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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