NEOG vs. CLDX, NTLA, MYGN, VIVO, XRAY, MMSI, HAE, QDEL, ICUI, and STAA
Should you be buying Neogen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Neogen include Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX), Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA), Myriad Genetics (MYGN), Meridian Bioscience (VIVO), DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), Haemonetics (HAE), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), ICU Medical (ICUI), and STAAR Surgical (STAA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Celldex Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CLDX) and Neogen (NASDAQ:NEOG) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Neogen had 3 more articles in the media than Celldex Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Neogen and 5 mentions for Celldex Therapeutics. Neogen's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Celldex Therapeutics' score of 0.91 indicating that Celldex Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Celldex Therapeutics has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Neogen has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Celldex Therapeutics received 270 more outperform votes than Neogen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.91% of users gave Celldex Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 57.19% of users gave Neogen an outperform vote.
Neogen has a net margin of 0.17% compared to Neogen's net margin of -2,385.57%. Celldex Therapeutics' return on equity of 3.35% beat Neogen's return on equity.
Neogen has higher revenue and earnings than Celldex Therapeutics. Celldex Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Neogen, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.7% of Neogen shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Celldex Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Neogen shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Celldex Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $66.00, indicating a potential upside of 98.20%. Neogen has a consensus price target of $22.50, indicating a potential upside of 71.10%. Given Neogen's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Celldex Therapeutics is more favorable than Neogen.
Summary
Celldex Therapeutics and Neogen tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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