AVXL vs. BASI, TARS, CGEM, BCRX, DNA, FDMT, AUTL, IMTX, HUMA, and MESO
Should you be buying Anavex Life Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Anavex Life Sciences include Bioanalytical Systems (BASI), Tarsus Pharmaceuticals (TARS), Cullinan Therapeutics (CGEM), BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX), Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA), 4D Molecular Therapeutics (FDMT), Autolus Therapeutics (AUTL), Immatics (IMTX), Humacyte (HUMA), and Mesoblast (MESO). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Anavex Life Sciences (NASDAQ:AVXL) and Bioanalytical Systems (NASDAQ:BASI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Anavex Life Sciences had 1 more articles in the media than Bioanalytical Systems. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Anavex Life Sciences and 0 mentions for Bioanalytical Systems. Anavex Life Sciences' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Bioanalytical Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Anavex Life Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Anavex Life Sciences presently has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 885.22%. Given Anavex Life Sciences' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Anavex Life Sciences is more favorable than Bioanalytical Systems.
Anavex Life Sciences has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Bioanalytical Systems' net margin of -7.75%. Anavex Life Sciences' return on equity of -29.04% beat Bioanalytical Systems' return on equity.
31.6% of Anavex Life Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of Bioanalytical Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Anavex Life Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Bioanalytical Systems shares are owned by company 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.
Anavex Life Sciences has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bioanalytical Systems has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bioanalytical Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Anavex Life Sciences. Anavex Life Sciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bioanalytical Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Anavex Life Sciences received 296 more outperform votes than Bioanalytical Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.13% of users gave Anavex Life Sciences an outperform vote while only 41.29% of users gave Bioanalytical Systems an outperform vote.
Summary
Anavex Life Sciences beats Bioanalytical Systems on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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