Veru (VERU) Competitors $0.60 +0.02 (+2.81%) Closing price 03:55 PM EasternExtended Trading$0.60 0.00 (0.00%) As of 04:57 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock VERU vs. NATR, MED, EL, IPAR, PBH, HLF, USNA, NUS, QTRX, and SNDLShould you be buying Veru stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veru include Nature's Sunshine Products (NATR), Medifast (MED), Estee Lauder Companies (EL), Interparfums (IPAR), Prestige Consumer Healthcare (PBH), Herbalife (HLF), USANA Health Sciences (USNA), Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS), Quanterix (QTRX), and SNDL (SNDL). Veru vs. Its Competitors Nature's Sunshine Products Medifast Estee Lauder Companies Interparfums Prestige Consumer Healthcare Herbalife USANA Health Sciences Nu Skin Enterprises Quanterix SNDL Veru (NASDAQ:VERU) and Nature's Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk. Which has more volatility & risk, VERU or NATR? Veru has a beta of -0.75, indicating that its share price is 175% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nature's Sunshine Products has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has preferable earnings & valuation, VERU or NATR? Nature's Sunshine Products has higher revenue and earnings than Veru. Veru is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nature's Sunshine Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioVeru$16.89M5.21-$37.80M-$0.24-2.50Nature's Sunshine Products$454.36M0.63$7.70M$0.5329.38 Is VERU or NATR more profitable? Nature's Sunshine Products has a net margin of 2.22% compared to Veru's net margin of 0.00%. Nature's Sunshine Products' return on equity of 6.98% beat Veru's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets VeruN/A -128.51% -76.51% Nature's Sunshine Products 2.22%6.98%4.63% Does the media refer more to VERU or NATR? In the previous week, Nature's Sunshine Products had 4 more articles in the media than Veru. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Nature's Sunshine Products and 0 mentions for Veru. Nature's Sunshine Products' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Veru's score of 0.28 indicating that Nature's Sunshine Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Veru Neutral Nature's Sunshine Products Positive Do institutionals & insiders believe in VERU or NATR? 47.2% of Veru shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Nature's Sunshine Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.2% of Veru shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Nature's Sunshine Products shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts prefer VERU or NATR? Veru presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 566.67%. Nature's Sunshine Products has a consensus price target of $18.33, indicating a potential upside of 17.75%. Given Veru's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Veru is more favorable than Nature's Sunshine Products.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Veru 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Nature's Sunshine Products 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 SummaryNature's Sunshine Products beats Veru on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Veru News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for VERU and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VERU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart VERU vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricVeruMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$85.55M$10.51B$5.54B$8.95BDividend YieldN/A2.09%5.38%4.08%P/E Ratio-2.5016.7427.4020.04Price / Sales5.2129.51419.46118.60Price / CashN/A22.8436.6357.47Price / Book2.733.668.085.67Net Income-$37.80M$235.40M$3.16B$248.47M7 Day Performance-8.44%1.89%2.12%2.90%1 Month Performance-2.66%3.83%4.43%5.75%1 Year Performance-34.40%-10.20%35.62%21.36% Veru Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)VERUVeru2.2786 of 5 stars$0.60+2.8%$4.00+566.7%-38.8%$85.55M$16.89M-2.50230Gap UpNATRNature's Sunshine Products2.4293 of 5 stars$14.79+2.0%$18.33+24.0%+1.0%$273.02M$454.36M27.91850High Trading VolumeMEDMedifast3.9928 of 5 stars$14.10+3.9%$16.50+17.0%-28.7%$154.96M$602.46M-21.69870News CoveragePositive NewsELEstee Lauder Companies4.3067 of 5 stars$80.84+0.9%$74.45-7.9%-16.2%$29.08B$14.79B-33.4063,000IPARInterparfums4.0741 of 5 stars$131.31-0.5%$157.60+20.0%+19.6%$4.22B$1.45B25.55530Positive NewsPBHPrestige Consumer Healthcare4.2406 of 5 stars$79.84-1.3%$93.33+16.9%+17.4%$3.95B$1.14B18.61540Positive NewsHLFHerbalife4.0237 of 5 stars$8.59-1.6%$11.50+33.9%-12.7%$874.89M$4.99B3.148,600USNAUSANA Health Sciences3.6541 of 5 stars$30.58-1.8%$36.00+17.7%-27.8%$569.40M$854.50M16.801,700NUSNu Skin Enterprises3.4263 of 5 stars$8.00-1.1%$6.88-14.1%-17.6%$395.28M$1.73B-10.003,100QTRXQuanterix2.1049 of 5 stars$6.65flat$15.60+134.6%-45.6%$332.19M$133.92M-5.12460SNDLSNDL3.3196 of 5 stars$1.21-1.6%$3.63+199.6%-33.5%$317.96M$671.81M-4.172,516Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies NATR Alternatives MED Alternatives EL Alternatives IPAR Alternatives PBH Alternatives HLF Alternatives USNA Alternatives NUS Alternatives QTRX Alternatives SNDL Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:VERU) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s New Order Could Boost Social Security Benefits by 400%If you collect—or plan to collect—Social Security, you need to see this. 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