ACHL vs. MOLN, VIGL, LIFE, SGMO, DBVT, OMGA, BLUE, CGTX, ATHA, and IGNY
Should you be buying Achilles Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Achilles Therapeutics include Molecular Partners (MOLN), Vigil Neuroscience (VIGL), aTyr Pharma (LIFE), Sangamo Therapeutics (SGMO), DBV Technologies (DBVT), Omega Therapeutics (OMGA), bluebird bio (BLUE), Cognition Therapeutics (CGTX), Athira Pharma (ATHA), and Ignyte Acquisition (IGNY). These companies are all part of the "biological products, except diagnostic" industry.
Achilles Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ACHL) and Molecular Partners (NASDAQ:MOLN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
Achilles Therapeutics received 6 more outperform votes than Molecular Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.84% of users gave Achilles Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 44.00% of users gave Molecular Partners an outperform vote.
Molecular Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Achilles Therapeutics. Molecular Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Achilles Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
56.4% of Achilles Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of Molecular Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Achilles Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Molecular Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Achilles Therapeutics has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molecular Partners has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Achilles Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 334.78%. Molecular Partners has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.00%. Given Achilles Therapeutics' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Achilles Therapeutics is more favorable than Molecular Partners.
Achilles Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Molecular Partners' net margin of -864.64%. Molecular Partners' return on equity of -31.42% beat Achilles Therapeutics' return on equity.
In the previous week, Achilles Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Molecular Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Achilles Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Molecular Partners. Molecular Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Achilles Therapeutics' score of 1.44 indicating that Molecular Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Achilles Therapeutics beats Molecular Partners on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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