VRML vs. TKNO, ACHV, FBLG, AMRN, NPCE, PGEN, URGN, LUNG, INZY, and PROC
Should you be buying Vermillion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vermillion include Alpha Teknova (TKNO), Achieve Life Sciences (ACHV), FibroBiologics (FBLG), Amarin (AMRN), NeuroPace (NPCE), Precigen (PGEN), UroGen Pharma (URGN), Pulmonx (LUNG), Inozyme Pharma (INZY), and Procaps Group (PROC). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Alpha Teknova (NASDAQ:TKNO) and Vermillion (NASDAQ:VRML) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Vermillion has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alpha Teknova.
Alpha Teknova has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vermillion has a beta of 3.47, meaning that its share price is 247% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Alpha Teknova had 1 more articles in the media than Vermillion. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Alpha Teknova and 0 mentions for Vermillion. Vermillion's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Alpha Teknova's score of 0.00 indicating that Alpha Teknova is being referred to more favorably in the media.
13.8% of Alpha Teknova shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of Vermillion shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.2% of Alpha Teknova shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Vermillion shares are owned by company 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.
Alpha Teknova has a net margin of -100.26% compared to Alpha Teknova's net margin of -307.31%. Vermillion's return on equity of -37.85% beat Alpha Teknova's return on equity.
Vermillion received 198 more outperform votes than Alpha Teknova when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Vermillion an outperform vote while only 30.00% of users gave Alpha Teknova an outperform vote.
Summary
Alpha Teknova beats Vermillion on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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