NEO vs. APDN, ULS, VKTX, ITCI, HQY, ENSG, MASI, JAZZ, BPMC, and RVMD
Should you be buying NeoGenomics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NeoGenomics include Applied DNA Sciences (APDN), UL Solutions (ULS), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), HealthEquity (HQY), The Ensign Group (ENSG), Masimo (MASI), Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ), Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), and Revolution Medicines (RVMD).
Applied DNA Sciences (NASDAQ:APDN) and NeoGenomics (NASDAQ:NEO) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Applied DNA Sciences has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NeoGenomics has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Applied DNA Sciences currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,074.89%. NeoGenomics has a consensus price target of $19.78, indicating a potential upside of 44.26%. Given NeoGenomics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Applied DNA Sciences is more favorable than NeoGenomics.
NeoGenomics received 204 more outperform votes than Applied DNA Sciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.66% of users gave NeoGenomics an outperform vote while only 58.99% of users gave Applied DNA Sciences an outperform vote.
22.2% of Applied DNA Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of NeoGenomics shares are held by institutional investors. 10.3% of Applied DNA Sciences shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of NeoGenomics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Applied DNA Sciences has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NeoGenomics. NeoGenomics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied DNA Sciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Applied DNA Sciences had 3 more articles in the media than NeoGenomics. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Applied DNA Sciences and 4 mentions for NeoGenomics. Applied DNA Sciences' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat NeoGenomics' score of 0.63 indicating that NeoGenomics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NeoGenomics has a net margin of -13.79% compared to NeoGenomics' net margin of -222.33%. Applied DNA Sciences' return on equity of -3.54% beat NeoGenomics' return on equity.
Summary
NeoGenomics beats Applied DNA Sciences on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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