LABS vs. HLS, TGOD, NINE, SUGR, WMD, MDP, HEXO, VIR, ZOM, and META
Should you be buying MediPharm Labs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MediPharm Labs include HLS Therapeutics (HLS), Green Organic Dutchman (TGOD), Delta 9 Cannabis (NINE), SugarBud Craft Growers (SUGR), WeedMD (WMD), Medexus Pharmaceuticals (MDP), HEXO (HEXO), Viridium Pacific Group (VIR), Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ZOM.V) (ZOM), and Meta Growth (META). These companies are all part of the "drug manufacturers - specialty & generic" industry.
MediPharm Labs vs. Its Competitors
MediPharm Labs (TSE:LABS) and HLS Therapeutics (TSE:HLS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
MediPharm Labs has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HLS Therapeutics has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HLS Therapeutics received 9 more outperform votes than MediPharm Labs when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.79% of users gave MediPharm Labs an outperform vote while only 64.15% of users gave HLS Therapeutics an outperform vote.
HLS Therapeutics has a consensus target price of C$4.50, indicating a potential downside of 9.09%. Given HLS Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HLS Therapeutics is more favorable than MediPharm Labs.
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.
MediPharm Labs has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, MediPharm Labs had 2 more articles in the media than HLS Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MediPharm Labs and 0 mentions for HLS Therapeutics. MediPharm Labs' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat HLS Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that MediPharm Labs is being referred to more favorably in the media.
0.7% of MediPharm Labs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of HLS Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of MediPharm Labs shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of HLS Therapeutics shares are owned 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.
Summary
MediPharm Labs beats HLS Therapeutics on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:LABS) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
