ARQT vs. INVA, OCUL, ORIC, KNSA, PHAT, PRGO, CRNX, AXSM, RARE, and HCM
Should you be buying Arcutis Biotherapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcutis Biotherapeutics include Innoviva (INVA), Ocular Therapeutix (OCUL), ORIC Pharmaceuticals (ORIC), Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals (KNSA), Phathom Pharmaceuticals (PHAT), Perrigo (PRGO), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE), and HUTCHMED (HCM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Innoviva (NASDAQ:INVA) and Arcutis Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ:ARQT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Innoviva has higher revenue and earnings than Arcutis Biotherapeutics. Arcutis Biotherapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Innoviva, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Innoviva received 241 more outperform votes than Arcutis Biotherapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.07% of users gave Arcutis Biotherapeutics an outperform vote while only 57.28% of users gave Innoviva an outperform vote.
Innoviva has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcutis Biotherapeutics has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Innoviva has a net margin of 58.21% compared to Innoviva's net margin of -204.35%. Arcutis Biotherapeutics' return on equity of 28.94% beat Innoviva's return on equity.
99.1% of Innoviva shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Innoviva shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Arcutis Biotherapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Arcutis Biotherapeutics had 7 more articles in the media than Innoviva. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Arcutis Biotherapeutics and 3 mentions for Innoviva. Arcutis Biotherapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Innoviva's score of 0.67 indicating that Innoviva is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Arcutis Biotherapeutics has a consensus target price of $25.38, suggesting a potential upside of 203.53%. Given Innoviva's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Arcutis Biotherapeutics is more favorable than Innoviva.
Summary
Innoviva beats Arcutis Biotherapeutics on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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