APS vs. PLI, ABCN, EMC, FRX, BCT, IPA, TH, ONC, SCYB, and COM
Should you be buying Aptose Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aptose Biosciences include ProMetic Life Sciences (PLI), VIVO Cannabis (ABCN), Emblem (EMC), Fennec Pharmaceuticals (FRX), BriaCell Therapeutics (BCT), ImmunoPrecise Antibodies (IPA), Theratechnologies (TH), Oncolytics Biotech (ONC), Scythian Biosciences (SCYB), and 138267 (COM.TO) (COM). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.
Aptose Biosciences vs. Its Competitors
Aptose Biosciences (TSE:APS) and ProMetic Life Sciences (TSE:PLI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.
Given ProMetic Life Sciences' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ProMetic Life Sciences is more favorable than Aptose Biosciences.
15.1% of Aptose Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. 17.1% of Aptose Biosciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Aptose Biosciences' return on equity of 1,017.48% beat ProMetic Life Sciences' return on equity.
In the previous week, Aptose Biosciences had 2 more articles in the media than ProMetic Life Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Aptose Biosciences and 0 mentions for ProMetic Life Sciences. Aptose Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat ProMetic Life Sciences' score of 0.00 indicating that Aptose Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aptose Biosciences has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ProMetic Life Sciences. Aptose Biosciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ProMetic Life Sciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Aptose Biosciences beats ProMetic Life Sciences on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:APS) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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