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MediPharm Labs (LABS) Competitors

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C$0.08 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 08/28/2025 03:46 PM Eastern

LABS vs. HLS, SUGR, TGOD, NINE, WMD, MDP, DB, HEXO, VIR, and ZOM

Should you be buying MediPharm Labs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MediPharm Labs include HLS Therapeutics (HLS), SugarBud Craft Growers (SUGR), Green Organic Dutchman (TGOD), Delta 9 Cannabis (NINE), WeedMD (WMD), Medexus Pharmaceuticals (MDP), Decibel Cannabis (DB), HEXO (HEXO), Viridium Pacific Group (VIR), and Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ZOM.V) (ZOM). These companies are all part of the "drug manufacturers - specialty & generic" industry.

MediPharm Labs vs. Its Competitors

HLS Therapeutics (TSE:HLS) and MediPharm Labs (TSE:LABS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.

MediPharm Labs has a net margin of -30.56% compared to HLS Therapeutics' net margin of -38.70%. MediPharm Labs' return on equity of -24.41% beat HLS Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HLS Therapeutics-38.70% -25.27% -2.89%
MediPharm Labs -30.56%-24.41%-7.17%

65.2% of HLS Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.7% of MediPharm Labs shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of HLS Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of MediPharm Labs shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

HLS Therapeutics has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MediPharm Labs has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, HLS Therapeutics had 16 more articles in the media than MediPharm Labs. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for HLS Therapeutics and 0 mentions for MediPharm Labs. HLS Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat MediPharm Labs' score of 0.00 indicating that HLS Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
HLS Therapeutics Positive
MediPharm Labs Neutral

HLS Therapeutics presently has a consensus target price of C$5.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.54%. Given HLS Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe HLS Therapeutics is more favorable than MediPharm Labs.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HLS Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
MediPharm Labs
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

MediPharm Labs has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HLS Therapeutics. HLS Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MediPharm Labs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HLS TherapeuticsC$40.13M2.97-C$15.53M-C$1.00-5.36
MediPharm LabsC$39.42M0.79-C$12.05M-C$0.03-2.58

Summary

HLS Therapeutics beats MediPharm Labs on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LABS vs. The Competition

MetricMediPharm LabsDrug Manufacturers IndustryMedical SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$31.13MC$2.18BC$5.78BC$6.40B
Dividend YieldN/A2.92%3.95%6.72%
P/E Ratio-2.584.3131.2666.88
Price / Sales0.79645.65431.161,650.19
Price / Cash1.3010.3737.7383.29
Price / Book0.6811.4310.045.33
Net Income-C$12.05MC$20.70BC$3.27BC$301.20M
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.92%1.34%2.61%
1 Month PerformanceN/A5.46%6.13%4.83%
1 Year PerformanceN/A5.15%41.90%32.34%

MediPharm Labs Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LABS
MediPharm Labs
N/AC$0.08
flat
N/A+15.4%C$31.13MC$39.42M-2.58130
HLS
HLS Therapeutics
0.9147 of 5 stars
C$5.15
-0.2%
C$4.50
-12.6%
+72.6%C$114.58MC$40.13M-5.1691Gap Up
SUGR
SugarBud Craft Growers
N/AC$13.25
-1.8%
N/A+66.0%C$90.37MC$575.64M15.9644
TGOD
Green Organic Dutchman
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$89.95MC$31.37M-0.6541Gap Up
High Trading Volume
NINE
Delta 9 Cannabis
N/AC$1.03
+3.0%
N/A+0.0%C$89.36MC$12.87M19.07940Gap Up
WMD
WeedMD
N/AC$0.28
-1.8%
N/A+0.0%C$67.82MC$27.53M-0.66628Gap Up
MDP
Medexus Pharmaceuticals
1.5764 of 5 stars
C$2.98
+6.0%
C$5.49
+84.1%
+24.4%C$66.72MC$100.25M14.2598Gap Up
DB
Decibel Cannabis
N/AC$0.13
-7.4%
N/A+107.7%C$51.13MC$105.60M-12.5083,000
HEXO
HEXO
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$38.72MC$124.10M-0.26690
VIR
Viridium Pacific Group
N/AC$0.38
+5.6%
N/A+0.0%C$37.52MC$1.09M-2.97580Gap Up
ZOM
Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ZOM.V)
N/AC$0.29
-6.6%
N/A+0.0%C$36.73MN/A-2.6150Gap Down

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This page (TSE:LABS) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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