OVID vs. IMUX, BDSI, SAGE, GYRE, CVAC, IRON, TYRA, ABVX, ZNTL, and CNTA
Should you be buying Ovid Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ovid Therapeutics include Immunic (IMUX), BioDelivery Sciences International (BDSI), Sage Therapeutics (SAGE), Gyre Therapeutics (GYRE), CureVac (CVAC), Disc Medicine (IRON), Tyra Biosciences (TYRA), ABIVAX Société Anonyme (ABVX), Zentalis Pharmaceuticals (ZNTL), and Centessa Pharmaceuticals (CNTA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Ovid Therapeutics (NASDAQ:OVID) and Immunic (NASDAQ:IMUX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.
Ovid Therapeutics received 251 more outperform votes than Immunic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.55% of users gave Ovid Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 65.73% of users gave Immunic an outperform vote.
Ovid Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $8.08, indicating a potential upside of 164.16%. Immunic has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 585.48%. Given Immunic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Immunic is more favorable than Ovid Therapeutics.
In the previous week, Ovid Therapeutics had 1 more articles in the media than Immunic. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ovid Therapeutics and 2 mentions for Immunic. Ovid Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Immunic's score of 0.35 indicating that Ovid Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Immunic has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ovid Therapeutics' net margin of -10,691.14%. Ovid Therapeutics' return on equity of -53.62% beat Immunic's return on equity.
Ovid Therapeutics has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Immunic has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
72.2% of Ovid Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of Immunic shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of Ovid Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Immunic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ovid Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Immunic. Ovid Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Immunic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ovid Therapeutics beats Immunic on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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