EBS vs. INVA, OPK, IRWD, LXRX, VNDA, XOMA, AGEN, CDXS, ACHV, and RIGL
Should you be buying Emergent BioSolutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Emergent BioSolutions include Innoviva (INVA), OPKO Health (OPK), Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD), Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA), XOMA (XOMA), Agenus (AGEN), Codexis (CDXS), Achieve Life Sciences (ACHV), and Rigel Pharmaceuticals (RIGL). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.
Innoviva (NASDAQ:INVA) and Emergent BioSolutions (NYSE:EBS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Innoviva had 2 more articles in the media than Emergent BioSolutions. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Innoviva and 2 mentions for Emergent BioSolutions. Emergent BioSolutions' average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Innoviva's score of 0.35 indicating that Innoviva is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Innoviva has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Emergent BioSolutions has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Innoviva has a net margin of 58.21% compared to Innoviva's net margin of -47.68%. Emergent BioSolutions' return on equity of 28.94% beat Innoviva's return on equity.
Emergent BioSolutions received 117 more outperform votes than Innoviva when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.45% of users gave Emergent BioSolutions an outperform vote while only 57.28% of users gave Innoviva an outperform vote.
Emergent BioSolutions has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential downside of 12.28%. Given Innoviva's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Emergent BioSolutions is more favorable than Innoviva.
99.1% of Innoviva shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.4% of Emergent BioSolutions shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Innoviva shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Emergent BioSolutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Innoviva has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Emergent BioSolutions. Emergent BioSolutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Innoviva, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Innoviva beats Emergent BioSolutions on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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