Veru (VERU) Competitors $0.60 +0.02 (+2.97%) Closing price 07/11/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$0.59 -0.01 (-1.75%) As of 07/11/2025 07:55 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 ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFDA EventsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock VERU vs. NATR, MED, EL, IPAR, PBH, HLF, USNA, NUS, SNDL, and QTRXShould 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), SNDL (SNDL), and Quanterix (QTRX). Veru vs. Its Competitors Nature's Sunshine Products Medifast Estee Lauder Companies Interparfums Prestige Consumer Healthcare Herbalife USANA Health Sciences Nu Skin Enterprises SNDL Quanterix Nature's Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR) and Veru (NASDAQ:VERU) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment and earnings. Which has more volatility & risk, NATR or VERU? Nature's Sunshine Products has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veru has a beta of -0.75, meaning that its share price is 175% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is NATR or VERU 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 Nature's Sunshine Products2.22% 6.98% 4.63% Veru N/A -128.51%-76.51% Do analysts recommend NATR or VERU? Nature's Sunshine Products presently has a consensus price target of $18.33, suggesting a potential upside of 17.37%. Veru has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 566.11%. Given Veru's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Veru is more favorable than Nature's Sunshine Products.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Nature's Sunshine Products 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Veru 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NATR or VERU? 79.4% of Nature's Sunshine Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Veru shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Nature's Sunshine Products shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Veru shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media favor NATR or VERU? In the previous week, Nature's Sunshine Products had 1 more articles in the media than Veru. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Nature's Sunshine Products and 1 mentions for Veru. Veru's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Nature's Sunshine Products' score of 1.59 indicating that Veru is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Nature's Sunshine Products Very Positive Veru Very Positive Which has better valuation and earnings, NATR or VERU? 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 RatioNature's Sunshine Products$454.36M0.63$7.70M$0.5329.47Veru$16.89M5.21-$37.80M-$0.24-2.50 SummaryNature's Sunshine Products beats Veru on 11 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$88.02M$10.56B$5.55B$9.11BDividend YieldN/A2.09%5.07%4.01%P/E Ratio-2.5016.8328.2120.26Price / Sales5.2130.16432.0099.74Price / CashN/A22.5637.1257.67Price / Book2.733.668.045.49Net Income-$37.80M$235.43M$3.19B$250.45M7 Day Performance0.08%1.27%3.63%4.79%1 Month Performance-8.04%2.95%4.06%7.68%1 Year Performance-36.60%-15.74%30.02%16.44% Veru Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)VERUVeru2.8925 of 5 stars$0.60+3.0%$4.00+566.1%-35.5%$88.02M$16.89M-2.50230Positive NewsGap UpNATRNature's Sunshine Products1.7151 of 5 stars$16.02+2.8%$18.33+14.4%+3.9%$295.73M$454.36M30.23850Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeMEDMedifast3.4763 of 5 stars$14.62+0.3%$16.50+12.9%-24.6%$160.67M$602.46M-22.49870ELEstee Lauder Companies4.1216 of 5 stars$85.82-3.3%$74.45-13.2%-10.3%$30.87B$15.61B-35.4662,000Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastIPARInterparfums3.9164 of 5 stars$136.05-1.8%$157.60+15.8%+11.3%$4.37B$1.45B26.47530Positive NewsPBHPrestige Consumer Healthcare3.8472 of 5 stars$78.93-1.3%$93.33+18.2%+8.7%$3.90B$1.14B18.40540Positive NewsHLFHerbalife4.2631 of 5 stars$9.65-3.3%$11.50+19.2%-4.1%$982.85M$4.99B3.528,600USNAUSANA Health Sciences3.8532 of 5 stars$32.14-1.9%$36.00+12.0%-26.3%$598.45M$854.50M17.661,700NUSNu Skin Enterprises2.9889 of 5 stars$8.91-0.1%$6.88-22.8%-11.5%$440.24M$1.73B-11.143,100SNDLSNDL3.034 of 5 stars$1.24-2.4%$3.63+192.3%-36.2%$325.84M$927.61M-4.282,516News CoverageQTRXQuanterix2.4438 of 5 stars$6.30-9.7%$15.60+147.6%-58.2%$314.69M$137.42M-4.85460News CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies NATR Alternatives MED Alternatives EL Alternatives IPAR Alternatives PBH Alternatives HLF Alternatives USNA Alternatives NUS Alternatives SNDL Alternatives QTRX 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 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThis Signal Only Flashes Once Every 4 Years – And It Just TriggeredThis same signal has appeared twice before in the past 8 years — both times, it kicked off major moves in cryp...Crypto Swap Profits | SponsoredI was wrong about TrumpI made a mistake. 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