ACRS vs. NLTX, XOMA, VNDA, CRMD, NATR, XERS, RVNC, MRSN, ADCT, and INZY
Should you be buying Aclaris Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aclaris Therapeutics include Neoleukin Therapeutics (NLTX), XOMA (XOMA), Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA), CorMedix (CRMD), Nature's Sunshine Products (NATR), Xeris Biopharma (XERS), Revance Therapeutics (RVNC), Mersana Therapeutics (MRSN), ADC Therapeutics (ADCT), and Inozyme Pharma (INZY). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Aclaris Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ACRS) and Neoleukin Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NLTX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
98.3% of Aclaris Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Neoleukin Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Aclaris Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Neoleukin Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Neoleukin Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aclaris Therapeutics' net margin of -248.28%. Neoleukin Therapeutics' return on equity of -37.22% beat Aclaris Therapeutics' return on equity.
Aclaris Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $22.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2,060.19%. Given Aclaris Therapeutics' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Aclaris Therapeutics is more favorable than Neoleukin Therapeutics.
In the previous week, Aclaris Therapeutics had 6 more articles in the media than Neoleukin Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Aclaris Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Neoleukin Therapeutics. Aclaris Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Neoleukin Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Aclaris Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aclaris Therapeutics has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Neoleukin Therapeutics has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aclaris Therapeutics received 327 more outperform votes than Neoleukin Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.96% of users gave Aclaris Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 45.87% of users gave Neoleukin Therapeutics an outperform vote.
Neoleukin Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aclaris Therapeutics. Neoleukin Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aclaris Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Aclaris Therapeutics beats Neoleukin Therapeutics on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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